英语词汇“to strain at”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

21. to strain at: to make a difficulty of ‘swallowing’ or accepting (something); to scruple at. Also (rarely), †to strain to do something.This use is due to misunderstanding of the phrase ‘strain at a gnat’ in Matthew xxiii. 24. It has been asserted that ‘straine at’ in the Bible of 1611 is a misprint for ‘straine out’, the rendering of earlier versions (see 14e). But quots. 1583 at sense 9a, 1594 at sense 15a show that the translators of 1611 simply adopted a rendering that had already obtained currency. It was not a mistranslation, the meaning intended being ‘which strain the liquor if they find a gnat in it’. The phrase, however, was early misapprehended (perhaps already by Shakespeare in quot. 1609), the verb being supposed to mean ‘to make violent effort’ (see sense 18).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)]

to make bones of1520

to stick at ——1525

scotch1601

fear1603

to strain at1609

to stand at ——1632

a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. B3^v Most vniustly straining at a gnat, and letting passe an elephant.

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxi. 284 They haue verified the old proverbe, in straining at gnattes, and swallowing downe camelles.

1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xxiii. 24 Ye blind guides, which straine at a gnat, and swallow a camel. ]

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 107 Vliss. I do not straine [1623 (hypermetrically) straine it] at the position, It is familiar, but at the authors drift. 1677 R. Witty Gout Raptures To Rdr. sig. A5^v If any man strain at the Verse which is not in the usual mode, let him read the Lyrick Poets in Greek, who I think have taken more liberty then I.1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 137 He who hates his Enemy with a Cunning equal to his Malice, will not strain to do this or that good turn for him, as long as it does not thwart..the main design of his utter subversion.1737 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 546/1 The old Proverb, Strain at a Gnat, and swallow a Camel.

单词	to strain at
释义	> as lemmas to strain at 21. to strain at: to make a difficulty of ‘swallowing’ or accepting (something); to scruple at. Also (rarely), †to strain to do something.This use is due to misunderstanding of the phrase ‘strain at a gnat’ in Matthew xxiii. 24. It has been asserted that ‘straine at’ in the Bible of 1611 is a misprint for ‘straine out’, the rendering of earlier versions (see 14e). But quots. 1583 at sense 9a, 1594 at sense 15a show that the translators of 1611 simply adopted a rendering that had already obtained currency. It was not a mistranslation, the meaning intended being ‘which strain the liquor if they find a gnat in it’. The phrase, however, was early misapprehended (perhaps already by Shakespeare in quot. 1609), the verb being supposed to mean ‘to make violent effort’ (see sense 18). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)] to make bones of1520 to stick at ——1525 scotch1601 fear1603 to strain at1609 to stand at ——1632 a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. B3^v Most vniustly straining at a gnat, and letting passe an elephant. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxi. 284 They haue verified the old proverbe, in straining at gnattes, and swallowing downe camelles. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xxiii. 24 Ye blind guides, which straine at a gnat, and swallow a camel. View more context for this quotation] 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 107 Vliss. I do not straine [1623 (hypermetrically) straine it] at the position, It is familiar, but at the authors drift. View more context for this quotation1677 R. Witty Gout Raptures To Rdr. sig. A5^v If any man strain at the Verse which is not in the usual mode, let him read the Lyrick Poets in Greek, who I think have taken more liberty then I.1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 137 He who hates his Enemy with a Cunning equal to his Malice, will not strain to do this or that good turn for him, as long as it does not thwart..the main design of his utter subversion.1737 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 546/1 The old Proverb, Strain at a Gnat, and swallow a Camel. extracted from strainv.¹ < as lemmas
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