dint

英 [dɪnt] 美 [dɪnt]

• n. 凹痕；力量
• vt. 打出凹痕

英英释义

Noun:

1. interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He succeeded by dint of hard work.
   他通过辛勤努力才获得成功。
2. He reached the top by dint of great effort.
   他费了很大的劲终於爬到了顶。
3. The problems must be tackled by dint of education.
   这问题必须靠教育来解决。

经典引文

• You weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity.

  出自：Julius Caesar , Shakespeare

• By dint of cross-examination, I found he was not at all satisfied.

  出自： Smollett

• Do the Alaskan natives, by dint of aboriginal use..have special claim to Alaskan land?

  出自： J. McPhee

• In his master's steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted.

  出自： J. M. Neale

词汇搭配

• by dint of 通过

近反义词

【近义词】

• depression 沮丧
• indent 订货单
• dent 凹痕
• indentation 刻痕
• hollow 空的
• pit 坑
• virtue 美德
• mark 记号
• damage 损害
• spoil 宠坏
• blemish 瑕疵
• pan 平底锅