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keep nose to grindstone

/grahynd-stohn/US // ˈgraɪndˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈɡraɪndˌstəʊn) //

埋头苦干,坚守岗位,埋首苦干,潜心研究

Related Words

affair事务,事情,事端,事宜activity活动,活动情况,活动性,活動duty职责,责任,任务,义务function功能,职能,功能简介,功能介绍business业务,商业,企业,生意undertaking承诺,事业,承诺书,承担work工作,工,作业,劳动project项目,工程,计划,项目简介responsibility责任,职责,责任感,责任心burden负担,负荷,负重,负载assignment任务,转让,作业,任务分配effort努力,努力工作,努力奋斗,努力的方向exercise练习,锻炼,运动,演习task任务,工作,作业,课题industry行业,工业,产业,业界trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作job工作,职务,工作机会,工作岗位production生产,产量,制作,产struggle奋斗,挣扎,斗争,奋斗目标performance业绩,性能,表现,绩效

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
    • : a millstone.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inburn the candle at both ends
Synonyms
bite off more than one can chew贪多嚼不烂,贪大求全,贪得无厌,贪多求全go to extremes做绝处逢生,做绝,走极端,做绝路go too far过度,过头了,过头,过火keep one's nose to the grindstone埋头苦干,兢兢业业,埋头工作,不忘初心overdo过度行为,矫枉过正,过头了,过度overextend oneself暴殄天物,暴跳如雷,暴走,暴走族slave奴隶,奴仆,奴隶制,奴才spread oneself too thin铺张浪费,捉襟见肘,顾此失彼,埋头苦干stay on the treadmill留在跑步机上,在跑步机上停留,在跑步机上呆着,在跑步机上待命take on too much负担过重,负担太重,负担太多,负担太多了
as inkeep one's nose to the grindstone
Synonyms
hammer away锤击,落锤,榔头,锤子keep one's shoulder to the wheel顶天立地,伏案而行,肩并肩,伏案工作peg away拨开,钉子,挂起,钉住plug away插上插头,插上电源,插销,插手put one's nose to the grindstonestruggle on挣扎在,挣扎着,挣扎于,挣扎wade through趟过,蹚过,蹚水,蹚蹚浑水work hard努力工作,工作,工作努力,努力
as indrudge
Synonyms
dig挖掘,挖掘机,挖出,挖grind碾磨,碾压,磨削,碾碎hammer榔头,锤子,铁锤,铁锤子labor劳动,工,工作,劳工muck粪便,泥土,粪土,烂泥perform执行,进行,履行,演戏plod蹒跚学步,蹒跚而行,蹒跚前行,蹒跚学步的人plow犁,耕犁,犁地,犁头pound重击,磅,捣毁,敲击slave奴隶,奴仆,奴隶制,奴才slog艰难跋涉,艰难困苦,艰难困苦的生活,艰难困苦的日子sweat汗水,汗液,汗,发汗toil劳累,劳作,劳动,劳苦travail工作,劳动,工作机会,劳动强度back to the salt mines回到盐矿,回到盐矿区,重返盐矿,返回盐矿plug away插上插头,插上电源,插销,插手schlepp牵引,牵引物,牵引力,牵引车

Examples

  • When you’re head-down and nose to the grindstone — I’m looking at all you hard-working early-stage startup founders — it’s easy to miss a deadline for an outstanding opportunity.

  • She was very glib with the sheep and the geese, but the grindstone made her head ache, and she gave it up.

  • Probably she had never heard of the grindstone, or the sheep, and could not work out the problems if she had.

  • These people had travelled with our caravan for two days, each carrying the heavy grindstone in turns.

  • The Indians took the boy who had been turning the grindstone, young Slocum, and his sister Frances, and prepared to depart.

  • When Osmo found she was firm, he went secretly and broke the old grindstone into small pieces.

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