| 词组 | hard put |
| 释义 | hard put Follett 1966 calls hard put an unidiomatic clipped form of hard put to it; Bernstein 1965 accepts either form. Copperud 1970, 1980 notes that dictionaries all recognize hard put. One reason for clipping the longer phrase is obvious from the following example— the awkward to it to is avoided. • I am hard put to explain how they ever got a man in space —And More by Andy Rooney, 1982 |
| 随便看 |
|
英语用法大全包含2888条英语用法指南，基本涵盖了全部常用英文词汇及语法点的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。