| 词汇 | inch-by-inch |
| 释义 | inch by inchidiom in great detail and in many very small stages: 一点一点地 Detectives searched the area around the murder scene inch by inch.侦探们一点一点仔细搜查了谋杀现场周边地区。 Slow and moving slowly (as) slow as molassesidiom at a snail's paceidiom by and byidiom by degreesidiom claw your way (somewhere)idiom float hang around in ones and twosidiom infiltrate infiltration jog labour lag sluggishly sluggishness snail staged steadily struggle wander Examples of inch by inchinch by inch Inchbyinch the disturbance rises as if the desert were rising in obedience to some upthrusting force beneath. The lorry crept up on us in weight-carrying almost hundredweight by hundredweight, inchbyinch in width, foot by foot in length, almost unnoticed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is disinheritance by progressive severance and a wounding inchbyinch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such improvements as there were at the time were fought over inchbyinch, all the way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All the indications are that we have had movement, inchbyinch, only in surrender to pressures and arising from a fear of militancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not satisfy those who will continue pressing, inchbyinch, tonne by tonne, to put up the size and weight of lorries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It had to be wrung out word by word and inchbyinch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not propose to go over his speech inchbyinch, because that would take a long time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the contrary, we are steadily pushing the door open, inchbyinch, until we can pass through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been led inchbyinch and now they tell us that we have gone too far and that we cannot pull back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we are again fighting tooth and nail, inchbyinch, but there is a significant difference. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been debated and contested inchbyinch in another place, not always responsibly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Electronic conveyancing is, inchbyinch, being introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such thoughts will comfort me in the long and bitter period to come while we resist the legislation inchbyinch as it moves towards the statute book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are an exporting nation, and we are facing cutthroat competition in world markets where we have to fight inchbyinch to get opportunities to sell our goods abroad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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