«UP TO A POINT»的英语 引用
单词
up to a point的知名引用和例句
I'm never going to be comfortable being squished into a box, and that's why it's been weird in Hollywood, they don't know what to do with me, because I can play the game up to a point, but then I can't at all.
We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect speaking abilities. It makes the speaker more human - and more vulnerable, meaning he is less likely to attack our decisions or beliefs.
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So begins Scoop, Waugh's exuberant comedy of mistaken identity and brilliantly irreverent satire of the hectic pursuit of hot news.
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To the
Point:
A Dictionary of Concise Writing
Every WordStar Professional command,feature, andfunction through Release 5 is
listed and described in detail. up to a point rather/somewhat. up to that/this
juncture/juncture in time/ moment/moment in time/period/period in time/point/
point in ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2014
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Statecraft as Soulcraft
The most important four words in politics are "up to a point." Are we in favor of
free speech? Of course— up to a point. Are we for liberty, equality, military
strength, industrial vigor, environmental protection, traffic safety? Up to a point. (
Want a ...
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Table Mountain
to Cape
Point
To build the Cape Point lighthouse, equipment was transported by sea to the
nearest suitable bay, then carried up to a point where ox-drawn sledges could
drag it to the top. However, the peak on which the lighthouse was situated was
often ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
point-blank. poker. grounds. • to the point relevant. Compare beside the point
above. • to the point of ... to a degree that could be fairly described as .. a Ronald
is brave to the point of recklessness. • up to a point to a limited degree n / agree ...
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Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Polish with CD-ROM: ...
D na temat 12 up to a point Q partly: What he says is true up to a point. D do
pewnego stopnia 13 [C] Q a unit used for showing who is winning in a game or
competi— tion: With 5 games still to play, Manchester United are 5points ahead.
Cambridge University Press, 2011
to the point expressing something very important or suitable for the subject being
discussed: Her comments on my work were very apt and to the point.. up to a
point partly, or to alimiteddegree: Of course there is some truth in all this, but only
...
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Simple Rules for
a Complex World
The shape of this curve makes good intuitive sense, for the same reasons that
made the Laffer curve on taxation popular in the early Reagan years.20 The
argument was, and is, that tax revenues follow a simple pattern: up to a point
higher ...
Richard Allen EPSTEIN, Richard Allen Epstein, 2009
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Natural Wellness Strategies for the Menopause Years
Place your hands together at the heart chakra, and bring your hands up to a point
above your head as far as you can go. Say (silently or otherwise): “Guardian of
the East and the element of Air, I call upon your presence and protection during ...
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Varieties of Secularism in
a Secular Age
So it is not that I am denying supervenience. It is not deniable, any more than it is
assertable. An analogy may be useful here, up to a point. Consider Wittgenstein's
familiar duck-rabbit image. It sets us up for perspectival defections from which ...
Michael Warner, Jonathan VanAntwerpen, Craig J. Calhoun, 2010
