英语词汇“under fire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. under fire.

(a) Under attack by artillery, firearms, etc.; when or while being attacked in this way.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > criticized

under fire1777

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > under fire

under fire1777

1777 London Gaz. No. 11831. It was found impossible to secure the Provisions any otherwise than by landing them and carrying them upon the Hill: This was effected under Fire, and with great Difficulty.

1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 568 We do what we please now with the Portuguese troops: we manœuvre them under fire equally with our own.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 280 Most of Mackay's men had never before been under fire.

1915 R. Leighton Let. 1 May in V. Brittain et al. Lett. Lost Generation (2012) 119 The man had been recommended for the D.C.M. for laying a telephone wire under fire a week or two ago. It is such a pity that he could not live to wear it.

1943 Washington Post 28 June b6 Technical Sgt. Clifford T. Erickson..learned to pilot a Flying Fortress while under fire and then saved the bomber and its crew.

2010 S. Junger War i. iv. 59 Restrepo was extremely well liked because he was brave under fire and absolutely committed to the men.

(b) figurative and in extended use: subject to intense criticism, abuse, etc. Also in under a fire of.

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1886 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 19 Mar. in Lett. to Publishers (1967) 196 It isn't good policy for anybody connected with our publishing firm to be under a fire of newspaper criticism this year.

1926 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 12 Feb. 7 (heading) Liquor bill under fire.

1965 New Statesman 19 Mar. 430/3 Their chief..has recently been under fire because it appeared he had joined the Nazi Party in his student days.

1990 Sun 20 Oct. 31/3 Chapman, a £400,000 buy from Nottingham Forest, has come under fire from the fans for notching just three goals this season.

2013 Independent (Nexis) 16 Nov. (Mag.) 12 She rose and strode off the train, leaving me under a fire of accusing looks.

单词	under fire
释义	> as lemmas under fire d. under fire. (a) Under attack by artillery, firearms, etc.; when or while being attacked in this way. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > criticized under fire1777 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > under fire under fire1777 1777 London Gaz. No. 11831. It was found impossible to secure the Provisions any otherwise than by landing them and carrying them upon the Hill: This was effected under Fire, and with great Difficulty. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 568 We do what we please now with the Portuguese troops: we manœuvre them under fire equally with our own. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 280 Most of Mackay's men had never before been under fire. 1915 R. Leighton Let. 1 May in V. Brittain et al. Lett. Lost Generation (2012) 119 The man had been recommended for the D.C.M. for laying a telephone wire under fire a week or two ago. It is such a pity that he could not live to wear it. 1943 Washington Post 28 June b6 Technical Sgt. Clifford T. Erickson..learned to pilot a Flying Fortress while under fire and then saved the bomber and its crew. 2010 S. Junger War i. iv. 59 Restrepo was extremely well liked because he was brave under fire and absolutely committed to the men. (b) figurative and in extended use: subject to intense criticism, abuse, etc. Also in under a fire of. ΚΠ 1886 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 19 Mar. in Lett. to Publishers (1967) 196 It isn't good policy for anybody connected with our publishing firm to be under a fire of newspaper criticism this year. 1926 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 12 Feb. 7 (heading) Liquor bill under fire. 1965 New Statesman 19 Mar. 430/3 Their chief..has recently been under fire because it appeared he had joined the Nazi Party in his student days. 1990 Sun 20 Oct. 31/3 Chapman, a £400,000 buy from Nottingham Forest, has come under fire from the fans for notching just three goals this season. 2013 Independent (Nexis) 16 Nov. (Mag.) 12 She rose and strode off the train, leaving me under a fire of accusing looks. extracted from firen.int. < as lemmas
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