| 单词 | upon the vantage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasupon the vantage a. Advantage or superiority in a contest; position or opportunity likely to give superiority; vantage-ground; a vantage-point. †upon the vantage, at an advantage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > advantage over another privilegec1390 advantagec1405 vantage1523 overmatch1542 odds1596 pull1781 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > advantage over another > a position of advantage higher ground1583 vantage-ground1612 coign of vantagea1616 high ground1800 place, point (etc.) of vantage1805–6 vantage-coign1808 inside track1857 vantage-placea1861 vantage-pointa1861 pole position1888 vantage1908 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 18 The archers..haue noo vauntage of hym nor of his company. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 3 The cause why they were thus shauen before, was, for that their enemies should not haue the vauntage to take them by the heares of the head while they were fighting. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 4 They which by might could haue vauntage ouer others, had nothing to doe with..quiet qualities. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 215 Oft thay meit [in battle]: oft thay parte wt lytle vantage. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. xxvii. 20 When hee thought hee had gained vantage ynough, hee mounted up the hill with all his companies. a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 117 Knowing the weakness, he esteem'd his vantage in suffering them to land. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 27 A Castle, strong, and of white chalky stone, its Ordnance planted high to play in Mounts vpon the vantage. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 345 The exasperate knight..up the steps advanced, Like one who disregarded in his strength The enemy's vantage. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 160 Though close hedged in by the foe, The vantage hath been ours. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xviii. 156 The bishop found that he would thus lose his expected vantage. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables ii. 31 It was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs Rachel could not see them from her window vantage. 1969 M. Bragg Hired Man viii. 83 There were halloes every few minutes and the men themselves became hunters, climbing the heights in anticipation of a vantage which would give them a total view and enable them to race down when the kill was near. < as lemmas |
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