through the mill 的定义
- Hardship or rough treatment, as in They put him through the mill, making him work at every one of the machines, or Jane was exhausted; she felt she'd been through the mill. This term alludes to being ground down like grain in a mill. [Late 1800s]
through the mill 近义词
等同于 frustrated
through the mill 的近义词 18 个
- balked
- crabbed
- cramped
- crimped
- defeated
- discontented
- discouraged
- disheartened
- embittered
- foiled
- irked
- stymied
- hung up on
- resentful
- ungratified
- unsated
- unslaked
- up the wall
through the mill 的反义词 5 个
更多through the mill例句
- Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
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- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
- Cold War fears could be manipulated through misleading art to attract readers to daunting material.
- Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.
- A constant sense of easy balance should be developed through poising exercises.
- This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
- Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.