dint
Especially in by dint of: force, powerEspecially in by dint of: force, power.
» He succeeded by dint of effort.
Значення
значень: 3(злічуване, незлічуване)Especially in by dint of: force, power.
(злічуване, незлічуване)The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Delle, Abdruck
сле́дsléd, вмя́тинаvmjátina, отпеча́токotpečátok
(злічуване, застаріле, незлічуване)A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
- interchangeable with ‘means’ in the expression ‘by means of’
Приклади
речень: 5He succeeded by dint of effort.
By dint of long practice he became most skillful.
By dint of hard work he succeeded at last.
He gained the prize by dint of hard work.
deEr bekam den Preis durch seine harte Arbeit.
At last, by dint of cunning intrigues, he succeeded, one day, in finding himself in the presence of Marie Antoinette.
Переклади
мов: 3За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke,From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt, Icelandic dyntr (“a dint”). Doublet of dent.
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