at it 的定义
- Vigorously pursuing an activity, especially a fight, but also sex or some other activity. For example, Whenever they play bridge they really go at it, or The new job keeps Tom at it day and night, or In the spring the dogs are always at it. Shakespeare used this seemingly modern idiom for “fighting” in Troilus and Cressida: “They are at it, hark!” [Late 1500s]
at it 近义词
等同于 busy
at it 的近义词 33 个
- active
- unavailable
- working
- buried
- employed
- engaged
- engrossed
- hustling
- occupied
- overloaded
- persevering
- slaving
- snowed
- swamped
- already taken
- assiduous
- diligent
- having a full plate
- having enough on one's plate
- having fish to fry
- having many irons in the fire
- in a meeting
- in conference
- in someone else's possession
- in the field
- in the laboratory
- industrious
- on assignment
- on duty
- on the go
- tied up
- up to one's ears
- with a customer
at it 的反义词 7 个
等同于 jobholding
等同于 employed
更多at it例句
- I spoke first with Scott Ellman, a student at Wesleyan University and now the Huffington Post editor-at-large for his campus.
- He made an easy target, the know-it-all liberal egghead who demeaned the wisdom of the American people.
- The at-home genetics testing company 23andme, established in 2006, helps people learn more about their “DNA relatives.”
- This at-home blood test kit gives a full reading of antioxidant, fatty acid, or vitamin panels.
- On her own path, though, the “relationship know-it-all” is embracing her own, different natural progression.
- Tressan was monstrous ill-at-ease, and his face lost a good deal of its habitual plethora of colour.
- A fellow rudely clad—a hybrid between man-at-arms and lackey—lounged on a musket to confront them in the gateway.
- And the Seneschal, moved by that confident promise of evil, threw himself before the men-at-arms.
- On the first day, a thousand English archers, supported by men-at-arms, attempted to draw the Scots.
- Belhaven made his escape to his own country, and was there beyond the reach of the Serjeant-at-Arms.