| 单词 | elbow grease |
| 释义 | elbow grease noun[U] informaluk/ˈel.bəʊ ˌɡriːs/us/ˈel.boʊ ˌɡriːs/a lot ofphysicaleffort: （体力上的）重活；费劲，苦干Thepolishneedsacertainamountofelbowgreasetoapply.要把这个擦亮得费不少劲。 Effort and expending energy
elbow grease| American Dictionaryelbow grease noun[U] a lot ofeffortthat you put into doing something Examplesofelbow greaseelbow grease Inquiry into higher-order methods, though, requires more than algebra andelbowgrease. From theCambridge English Corpus I would beg of you to appreciate that increased production relies on many things other than the expenditure of human sweat andelbowgrease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What we need is skilled and energetic planning andelbowgrease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It needs a vigorous application of that primaeval energy source,elbowgrease, if it is to be worth even our interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreelbowgreasewas applied to the scouring of a pot than, probably, to any other household task. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Increased productivity per head of the population in this country rests on many things other than human sweat andelbowgrease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was mainly ineffectualelbowgreaseuntil the pot scourer came along. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Each tradesperson will say someone else has theelbowgreaseand send the unwitting apprentice on to another master tradesperson. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The museum is a free and not-for-profit service, has been funded exclusively through the generosity of our donors and the freeelbowgreaseof its founders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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