单词 | bring about |
释义 | bring aboutSEE SYNONYMS FOR bring about ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to cause to happento bring about a change in the law to turn (a ship) around Words nearby bring aboutbrine, Brinell hardness number, brinelling, brine shrimp, bring, bring about, bring-and-buy sale, bring around, bringdown, bring down the curtain, bring down the house Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bring aboutbring about Also, bring to pass. Make something happen, accomplish or result in something. For example, The revised tax code brought about considerable changes in accounting. The first term dates from the 1400s, and the variant, today considered rather formal, from the first half of the 1500s. Also see bring on, def. 1. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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