词组 | ink |
释义 | ink Bremner 1980 and Copperud 1980 both look down on the verb ink as sportswriterese or sports head-linese, but this transitive verb has long since leaked from the sports pages into wider use: • The contract safely inked, I was interviewed —Jessica Mitford, Atlantic, October 1974 • No sooner is his contract inked than mighty lumberjacks start to make their axes ring —Peter Andrews, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 18 May 1975 • If the Alliance can complete negotiations and ink a new pact before Jan. 1 —George B. Merry, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 1979 • ... the comedian inked a 30-year contract with NBC —People, 6 Dec. 1982 • ... she has been inked to do the part of a judge in an HBO special —Marge Crumbaker, Houston Post, 12 Sept. 1984 • Before you ink the next big deal —Phyllis Berman, Forbes, 3 Dec. 1984 You should not expect to find it or use it in the more solemn kinds of discourse, however. |
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