give a wide berth

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give a wide berth 的定义

  1. Avoid, as in After Jane told on them, they gave her a wide berth. This expression alludes to giving a vessel enough room to swing at anchor so as to avoid a collision. [Mid-1800s]

give a wide berth 近义词

give a wide berth

等同于 shun

更多give a wide berth例句

  1. But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
  2. With chemotherapy, her doctors give her at least an 80 percent chance of survival.
  3. ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
  4. The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
  5. One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.
  6. In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
  7. Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
  8. Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
  9. Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
  10. Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.