| 词汇 | grist |
| 释义 | grist noun uk /ɡrɪst/ us /ɡrɪst/ grist to the millUK(USgrist for the mill) anything that can be used to your advantage: 可用来为（某人）谋利的事情，对（某人）有利的事情 it is all grist to the millI might as well learn another language, it's all grist to the mill when it comes to getting a job.我也可以再学一门外语，那样对找工作很有利。 Advantage and disadvantage ace an ace up your sleeveidiom attraction be well in thereidiom be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom have something on your sideidiom have the inside trackidiom have the odds/cards stacked against youidiom head start hold all the cardsidiom leg lock milk profit from something racing start saving grace scent bloodidiom secret weapon stick the best of both worldsidiom Examples of gristgrist At the same time millers in areas where surpluses exist have been instructed to increase the percentage of home-grown wheat used in their grists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With the present diluted grists, it is possible to make very good bread if fermentation is at its optimum, but slight over- or under-fermentation can have disastrous results. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The left with its scruples about the world's first socialist country and its fear of providing grist to the right's mill. The more one puts in a statute the more it tends to confusion and the more grist there is to the legal mill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No control is exercised over the grist mills of individual farmers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then gymnasia, and similar institutions, could make use of textile-free rubber grist—rubber which has been reconditioned and from which the textile element has been removed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The millers are now free to use what grist they like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of this is grist to the lawyers' mill, as they live on legal doubts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a temptation for some to regard matters such as we are discussing today as grist to the mill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As has been stated, what we wanted to do upstairs was to protect the small farmer and the grist miller. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any variations which occur in the flour sold are due to variations in the grist available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to give grist to certain separationist-minded people in respect of it, but this is a gift to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All is grist that comes to their mill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be a lot more grist to the soil's mill when that arrives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Home-grown wheat accounts for only about one-fifth of the average bread flour grist, and is a minor item in the cost of bread. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of grist 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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