| 单词 | weak link |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweak link b. figurative and in figurative context. Frequently in weak link: the weakest or least dependable of a number of interdependent items; also in Proverb. Cf. weak point at sense A. 16e(b) (a), sense A. 16e. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > liability to harm, loss, etc. > vulnerable part, thing, or person gap1548 weak link1581 subjecta1593 sitting1618 blota1657 soft spot1770 Achilles heel1839 sick man1853 soft underbelly1942 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. xxv. 111 b Thairfoir all that quhilk ye grounde vpone this vaik fundament, man fall altogidder. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vii. 78 Returne with me againe. To push destruction, and perpetuall shame Out of the weake doore of our fainting Land. View more context for this quotation 1692 M. Prior Ode Imitation Horace vii Your mould'ring Monuments in vain ye raise On the weak Basis of the Tyrant's Praise. 1868 Cornhill Mag. XVII. 295 A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 1885 E. P. Hood World of Proverb 131 The strength of the chain is in the weakest link. 1926 H. Crane Let. 12 Aug. (1965) 272 Mrs. Simpson was enormously pleased at your postcard; and I with your praise of the Dedication. You generally do pick the weakest link; that verse has bothered me. 1942 I. S. Shriber Body for Bill (1947) xiv. 183 ‘Stansfield was a pretty weak individual... He was threatening to give the whole thing away.’.. ‘A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, remember?’ 1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xv. 88 An unreliable man, Haugh, a weak link in the team. 1975 ‘R. Lewis’ Double Take iv. 138 All right, he lifted the heart drug, but we..picked out the weak link in Ward too. 1984 Bookseller 8 Sept. 1049/2 I sometimes seek comfort in the old adage that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. < as lemmas |
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