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词汇 hew
释义 hew
verb[ T ]
uk /hjuː/ us /hjuː/hewed | hewed or hewn
to cut a large piece out of rock, stone, or another hard material in a rough way: 砍,劈
be hewn out ofThe monument was hewn out of the side of a mountain.这座纪念碑是在山的一侧凿刻出来的。
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hew | American Dictionary


hew
verb
us/hju/

hewverb (CUT)


[ T ]past tensehewed | past participlehewed or hewnus/hjun/
to cut something by hitting it repeatedly with a cutting tool:
The monument was hewn out of stone.

hewverb (OBEY)


[ I ]past tensehewed | past participlehewed
to obey or behave according to (rules, principles, or expectations):
He never states his own opinion but hews to the party line.

Examples of hew


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Or would it hew to older historicist and feminist styles?
On the contrary, they do so by hewing to accepted principles for designing and assessing clinical trials of new therapies.
As such they are a wonderful mine in which to hew, but that is also a problem.
I hewed to the texture of collective knowledge, took faith in the solid and availing stuff of our experience.
This is programming as sculpture: start from a sufficiently large cube and hew out the desired process by chiselling away the unwanted states.
He sought the main chance instead of hewing to principle.
That man can only be of advantage to the nation by hewing coal, not by unloading rubbish.
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We have strayed a little from the path he sought to hew for us through the undergrowth.
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In 1929–30, we imported hewn and sawn timber from that country to the value of nearly £8,000,000.
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The seam was undercut, but all the coal had to be hewn and filled on to the conveyors.
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Investment means risks and some losses are necessary for profits to be hewn from enterprise.
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The vast majority are engaged in hewing and are on piece rates.
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The people there were hewn out of the rock like the coal that they used to mine.
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They build great ships, tractors and tanks, and they hew coal.
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It shows a woman working with others to hew out a future for herself.
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