| 单词 | to stack the cards against |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stack the cards (etc.) against a. To shuffle or arrange (playing-cards) dishonestly. In figurative phr. to stack the cards (etc.) against: to reduce (a person or thing's) chance of success. Cf. pack v.2 3, stock v.1 23b originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > cheat someone at cards [verb (transitive)] > methods of cheating pack1575 palm1671 spur1674 slip1807 stack1825 pass1859 stock1864 riffle1891 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [verb (transitive)] disvail14.. disavail1429 disadvantage?c1550 to weaken the hands of1560 disvantage1567 to take the wind out of the sails of1822 handicap1857 to stack the cards (etc.) against1941 disbenefit1978 1825 in M. Bayard Smith Forty Yrs. Washington Soc. (1906) 186 John Randolph observed after counting the ballots, ‘It was impossible to win the game, gentlemen, the cards were stacked.’ 1896 J. F. B. Lillard Poker Stories 54 The stranger got skinned right and left. The cards were stacked and marked on the back, so that he didn't have any chance at all to win. c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 31 He'll know this when I stack the cards. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? v. 81 You read the papers, you know how the cards are stacked against this nut. 1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 37/1 He..confirmed our worst fear: the deck is stacked... He picked up a cardboard box containing several packs of cards. 1978 ‘G. Vaughan’ Belgrade Drop x. 67 ‘Pin your ears back,’ Yardly murmured. ‘We've got a lot stacked against us.’ < as lemmas |
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