| 单词 | knuckle under |
| 例句 | He’d have thought that knee-jerk skepticism would have been knuckled under by the sight of the enormous floating seraph in the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Possibly she wants to be a painter, and thinks I have compromised my principles, knuckled under to success. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “What did you expect me to do with that electrified scarecrow? I’m not going to knuckle under to any do-jigger I put together myself.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The distance from Rhode Island to New York was the same as the tip of my little finger to the first knuckle under it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He stretches his arms forward, cracking his knuckles under his gloves. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “I am mistaken,” Mathew Wood challenged him, “because I do not favor knuckling under to this new King’s governor?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z People call New York a cesspool, but New Yorkers would never knuckle under to intolerance and let some lowlife get away with drawing swastikas. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “No,” came back sourly, “but here you are in the officer’s room with two robots standing guard at the door. That’s not knuckling under, is it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Alas, “with numbing regularity, good people were seen to knuckle under to the demands of authority and perform actions that were callous and severe.” Review | What the ‘Resistance Library’ shows us about America’s struggles today 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z I could knuckle under as long as I didn't catch a glimpse of the outside world. How I came out to my three kids 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Frightened though Smith is, she is even more outraged that so many others knuckle under to McCarthy’s blatant thuggery. ‘Conscience’ Review: The Woman Who Stared Down the Red Scare 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z So you either knuckle under or you don’t. 'Evan Hansen,' 'Great Comet,' 'Come From Away': Tony contenders gather to hash it out 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Would you like to remember how you sort of knuckled under at the last minute and put yourself in debt and showed up just because? Can I skip my friend’s wedding? 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z I finally knuckled under and went to see last weekend. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 2011-03-17T18:33:40Z His cohort of men was raised to believe that doing “the right thing” meant knuckling under and buying a ring. So much for “family values” 2012-10-28T21:00:00Z Instead he knuckled under to a would-be autocrat-president, bending the knee even after Donald Trump lost reelection and marshaled an attack on the Capitol in an unprecedented bid to stay in power. Column: Kevin McCarthy would do anything to be House speaker. That's the problem 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who vowed to avoid default, finally cut a deal allowing an increase and has since faced blowback from hardliners including former President Trump, who claims he knuckled under to Democrats. U.S. Congress could be in for bruising debt-ceiling fight after midterms 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “Wake up. Show the rest of America that you can get some backbone and push back and say we’re not gonna knuckle under.” Statue debate provokes fiery defense of Confederacy in Va.’s Mathews County 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The leader of Alberta’s left-wing New Democratic Party accused Mr. Kenney of knuckling under to “criminals.” Alberta caves to Canada trucker protests, ends vaccine passports 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z California-based chains considered their customers and their markets; they did not have to knuckle under to the marketing dictates of a distant headquarters. Take a trip through the magnificent department stores of old L.A. 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Each, as it turned out, expected the other to knuckle under. Why L.A. County has a politician with a gun and a badge: From Sheriff Villanueva back to 1850 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z China’s largest oil company, like customers in some other countries, seemed to be knuckling under to U.S. Special Report: How China got shipments of Venezuelan oil despite U.S. sanctions 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio knuckled under to protesters Sunday and promised to cut funding to “New York’s Finest.” Bill de Blasio flips, now vows to defund New York police 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z And for the most part, Indian news outlets have knuckled under, concluding that since much of the public supports the prime minister, they should, too. Under Modi, India’s Press Is Not So Free Anymore 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z As for Democrats, the next best thing to conviction is a sham trial in which Republicans are rightfully seen as knuckling under to Trump. Opinion | Here’s why censuring Trump is a nonstarter 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Gudbranson put the Ducks ahead just 35 seconds in with a long shot that knuckled under Elliott’s right arm before going off the post and in. Kevin Hayes scores in OT, Flyers beat Ducks 2-1 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Her cheekbones jutted like knuckles under her white skin. “The Bunty Club” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The so-called 1 percent are not going to willingly knuckle under to a wealth tax. Opinion | We can’t have universal Medicare without private supplemental insurance 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Republicans and the White House far prefer the Senate measure, but Pelosi is pressing for quick resolution - promising that Democrats won’t knuckle under. Border aid bill faces standoff in Congress over protections 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Republicans and the White House far prefer the Senate measure, but Pelosi is pressing for quick resolution — promising that Democrats won’t knuckle under. Border aid bill faces standoff in Congress over protections 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z One thing we can say: If the safety of Kentucky’s children truly mattered to them, lawmakers would not knuckle under to the NRA’s demand to dismantle the concealed-carry law. Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z After eight years of believing that squishy establishment Republicans knuckled under to the extravagant demands of Barack Obama and pressure from the media, Trump’s core supporters relished his pugnacious, audacious candidacy. Pelosi trumps Trump 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Forcing Democrats to knuckle under is the idea’. Yes, Trump can declare an emergency 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Forcing Democrats to knuckle under is the idea. Tammany Hall, U.S.A. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Some analysts are skeptical Iran will knuckle under to U.S. pressure, at least in the short term. U.S. reimposes Iran sanctions, Tehran decries 'bullying' 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “They are not going to knuckle under,” he said. U.S., Iran policy depends not just on sanctions but on flexibility 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z As for McConnell, he declared he is “proud of my members for not knuckling under to those kind of moblike tactics.” Opinion | Republicans used to love the sound of an angry mob. What happened? 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “That’s the point of diplomacy over military conflict. But it doesn’t advance America’s interest to knuckle under or brush aside significant threats to our security or our allies’ security.” Trump and Putin agree to a summit in hopes of soothing U.S.-Russia tensions 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Mr Macron’s poll ratings are reasonable; most of the new bevy of parliamentarians elected to the presidential majority seem to be knuckling under to legislative discipline. Emmanuel Macron, the resolutely modern philosopher king 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z I appreciate that it’s galling for Democrats to see Trump present himself as a great strategist who has forced North Korea to knuckle under. Democrats’ petulance on North Korea is hypocritical 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Even when the masters of the universe knuckle under and hire good lawyers, they’re notorious for undermining them. Perspective | Trump’s problem isn’t that he has bad lawyers. It’s that he’s a bad client. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z In a statement Monday evening, Fox News said it would not knuckle under to the campaign against Ms. Ingraham and her advertisers by David Hogg and other gun-control advocates. Laura Ingraham backed by Fox News amid David Hogg advertiser boycott 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z But on Monday, it was the president who seemed to knuckle under, again dramatizing the sway that the N.R.A. still maintains in Republican circles. Conceding to N.R.A., Trump Abandons Brief Gun Control Promise 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z “Brass knuckles under velvet gloves,” Johnny Weir said. NBC hypes figure skating showdown between 2 Russians 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “Brass knuckles under velvet gloves,” Johnny Weir said. NBC hypes figure skating showdown between 2 Russians 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Stop knuckling under to your spoiled kids wants. An Alexa Holdout Wants to Know Who’s Listening 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The network comes across as knuckling under in response to criticism or commentary that might have a negative impact on sponsors. U.S. men’s soccer team failing to qualify for World Cup is baffling 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Looking back, Fields — whose oldest daughter and grandchild remain in the church — said he struggles with his decision to knuckle under pressure and participate in the plan. Church stoked tithing with unemployment scam, ex-members say 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z “I just will not accept another Wall Street candidate out of the Democrats. I just will not knuckle under.” A Diehard Bernie Backer Considers What Comes Next 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z He said the law reflected the will of the people, and he praised Mr. McCrory for refusing to knuckle under. NBA pulls All-Star Game from Charlotte over North Carolina transgender bathroom law 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Stop knuckling under to your spoiled kids wants. An Alexa Holdout Wants to Know Who’s Listening 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z For Donald J. Trump, it is a long-held legal strategy, if not a point of pride, to avoid knuckling under to plaintiffs in court. Donald Trump Settled a Real Estate Lawsuit, and a Criminal Case Was Closed 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “Given the choice between paying higher prices and risking the lives of their patients, most hospitals choose to knuckle under and pay the price. Am I correct in that?” Rattled by drug price increases, hospitals seek ways to stay on guard 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z His seeming knuckling under to the real hard-charging guys who want to fight about everything, use force to get our way in the Middle East. Father's biography forces Jeb Bush campaign to grapple with family ghosts 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z “His seeming knuckling under to the real hard-charging guys who want to fight about everything, use force to get our way in the Middle East,” Bush said. Elder Bush criticizes Cheney, Rumsfeld in new biography 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z "His seeming knuckling under to the real hard-charging guys who want to fight about everything, use force to get our way in the Middle East," Bush said. Former President George HW Bush criticizes Cheney, Rumsfeld in new biography 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z "The middle class of this country is collapsing," he argued, yet he said politicians knuckle under to Wall Street, big corporations, "big money interests" and "millionaires and billionaires" who are gobbling up the nation's wealth. Hillary Clinton Stands Her Ground 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z “It’s about using ‘deadlines’ to force Greece to knuckle under, and to accept the unacceptable — not only austerity measures, but other regressive and punitive policies.” Europe rallies behind Merkel as Greeks hit breaking point 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z We really are getting very close indeed to the situation where there’s only two choices left: to knuckle under to the troika or to leave the euro. Grexit Looms; Tsipras Rules Out Extention Of Troika Bailout For Greece 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Not much had changed except Mr. Donahoe and eBay’s board would not look as if they were knuckling under the pressure of an activist investor. The Mergers and Acquisitions Cycle: Buy. Divide. Conquer. 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Their mounts may try to shake them off at first, but the contest is an unequal one, and they tend to knuckle under eventually. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z But to think that overall support for it cannot be explained by its virtues, as opposed to knuckling under to some fearsome special interest, detaches the events of today from all that went before. A misreading of Henry Kissinger on Israel A narrow group of arbiters of American social mores wishes to foist its concerns on fellow citizens. Shall a few cause the many to knuckle under to their demands? False arguments for changing the Redskins’ name If he acts, he also looks political, knuckling under to Hispanic groups. Obama’s herky-jerky leadership But what happens when the federal government gets into this racket, demanding billions in “settlements” from an ever-expanding array of companies by threatening them with a corporate death sentence if they don’t knuckle under? Please, FedEx, Fight Back Against Federal Extortion 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Instead of knuckling under to the gun lobby’s unfair attacks against Dr. Murthy, Democratic leaders should defend him vigorously and get him confirmed. Editorial: The Gun Lobby’s Latest Bizarre Crusade 2014-03-18T02:15:14Z “She is unwilling to knuckle under to demands for deference,” said Eugene R. Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School. New York’s Junior Senator, Doggedly Refusing to Play the Part 2013-12-07T04:05:35Z The emperor feared assassination by his own officers if he knuckled under to American or Russian threats to Japan’s economic and military interests, especially access to American oil. The Soviet Spy Who Helped Provoke Pearl Harbor 2012-12-07T18:50:22Z If we eat when hungry, sleep when tired, scratch an itch or write a poem, we aren’t knuckling under to the vices of our viruses. Opinion: Who’s in Charge Inside Your Head? 2012-10-06T17:19:00Z Her film, made for $150,000, shows that undercurrent of sadness in this once-bustling development, coupled with a certain gallant refusal to knuckle under to loss. The New Old Age Blog: An Age-Segregated Dream 2012-08-02T10:00:19Z Well, if they do they’d better knuckle under, and whisper small. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z Leon isn’t one to knuckle under much to pain, anyhow! A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z You think I shall knuckle under to that young gentleman? Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z "It would have been murder for us if they hadn't knuckled under," rejoined Mrs. Shallop. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z This was not a woman who knuckled under. The New Old Age Blog: White Lies and Worse 2011-09-21T17:45:27Z I'd like you to have seen them knuckle under before I left off dealing with them.' Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z But that chap’s defiance had reached such a point that one of us had to knuckle under. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It's more for the lark of the thing, and to show Chard we don't mean to knuckle under, than for the sake of a show. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z "Of course, he did, the mean pup; but never fear, I'll make him knuckle under." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z “And uncle thinks that just because I’m broke, I’ll knuckle under without a murmur.” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Although much of the Georgian country- side is poor, hilly Tbilisi boasts thriving residential enclaves, broad commercial boulevards, charming restaurants and galleries, and stolid Orthodox Christian churches that never entirely knuckled under to the Communists. Trapped in Tbilisi 2011-02-24T22:00:00Z “I suppose not,” answered Lilian, with a little smile at the idea of her escort of yesterday “knuckling under” to anybody. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Because Britain is Tory at heart, so Labour must knuckle under. Labour leads on every issue ? except the one that matters 2011-02-01T08:30:01Z She realized that Daniel was playing the schoolmaster to her, and she was determined not to knuckle under to him. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z I hope I shan't live to see him the master here and you knuckling under. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Internet could be a force for good or ill and encouraged governments to use it for good, while urging American companies not to knuckle under to censorship. Google Searches for a Foreign Policy 2010-03-27T21:04:00Z It's all very well," he grumbled to himself, "but I don't see why I should continually knuckle under. The Gay Adventure A Romance He'll kick, jib, order you out of the house, but he will knuckle under in the long run. Hard Pressed Then the chances are you will be in the thick of it, Somerton, for by August there will either be war, or old Kruger will have knuckled under. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War In most cases so far examined, the colonist had by now either knuckled under to Boggs or engaged in a futile personal duel with him. The Colonists Mat ran to meet the new-comer, told him of the ordinance, and said, "Cousin, you are not good councilmen, any of you, if you knuckle under to this." Black Forest Village Stories Nineteen years of knuckling under to Jann, of taking insults and cuffs and belittling, were wiped out under the flashing hoofs of her roan stallion. The Buttoned Sky I know how to deal with Kanakas: give them plain sense and fair dealing, and—I’ll do them that much justice—they knuckle under every time. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) He didn't like that very much, for he was inclined to bulldogism, but I paid him extra wages, and he agreed to knuckle under to me. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht Eventually the parochial authorities, after having called a vestry, and sat three hours in consultation, and to "knuckle under," as the hostess expressed it, and allow a trifle for the entertainment of the little waif. The Broom-Squire Other settlers went in, and had to knuckle under. Rim o' the World His face was troubled; and two or three times he pulled the pipe out of his mouth, thrust his knuckles under his hat, and took a step toward the young surveyor. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Bacon was not the man to knuckle under. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 So, now, thanks to your namby-pamby knuckling under always, it's business first, last, and all the time—and marriage just nowhere. Making People Happy They pay up or knuckle under to keep it quiet. Eight Keys to Eden This ship I've built and loved like a child isn't going to knuckle under to any man living. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea I'm not going to knuckle under to Louis and his beastly Jews—with a chance like that. The Creators A Comedy "He's such a crabby old thing," she would say, when Miles grew enthusiastic over the grave, taciturn officer,—"besides, he hates girls, you know he does, and I'm not going to knuckle under to him." Fifty-Two Stories For Girls And he wouldn't knuckle under, either, so he wouldn't. The House with the Green Shutters They swore they would take vengeance on him, but they knuckled under whenever they seemed to have a chance. The Goose Man Whatever the outcome of a later fight might be, the fact that he had knuckled under to the agent could never be lived down. Hidden Gold You take my word for it, Miss—the word of Captain Hercules Getty—the Britisher will knuckle under to that rag. The Northern Iron At the end of another twenty-four hours Mr. Port knuckled under. The Uncle Of An Angel 1891 Understand me—we didn't accept it, we didn't knuckle under with waiting murder in our hearts—we liked it. The Stoker and the Stars If my love was strong and fine I ought never to have knuckled under. We Three You was stuck up by your own friends, an’ that ain’t fair, an’ I, for one, refuse to knuckle under to ’ee. The Crew of the Water Wagtail If Bob were here, he would not like to knuckle under and play second fiddle. The Black Bar If knuckling under to Jarman is a condition, I’m out of it, and Crofter is welcome to it.” Tom, Dick and Harry “I don’t mean to knuckle under to him!” said Heathcote, speaking with the mantle of Pledge upon him. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton The cowboys belonging to his father's estate seemed to knuckle under to him from the first. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain I'll settle that matter with the good lady herself, and in the meantime I'm not going to knuckle under to you, so don't think it! The Luckiest Girl in the School Don't want no woman that kin make horse-flesh like that knuckle under. Madelon A Novel That if a child were coming, Ken would have to knuckle under. Class of '29 A man's got to fight 'r knuckle under. In the Roaring Fifties Deserts are the most exacting of all known environments, and they compel their inhabitants with profound imperiousness to knuckle under to their prejudices and preconceptions in ten thousand particulars. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science "They cannot put it over me unless I knuckle under," he thought. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Whoever brings it in will have to knuckle under to Percival over its finance. Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts I must always knuckle under and bend to his will. The Spinners Guess he's cooled down now, though I'm mighty surprised that he knuckled under so soon. Jess of the Rebel Trail I don’t want to knuckle under, but grin and bear it best I can.” The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Jemmy knuckled under after being knocked down thirteen times, in as many rounds, by the knock-kneed hammerman fiom Soho, whose mates, it is said, won £1,500 in bets through his prowess. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically You don't suppose one Thesiger was going to knuckle under to another. The Belfry They refused to knuckle under, to give in. The Tree of Heaven All the same, however, we had to knuckle under in the end. The Downfall The hard hats passed round every Sunday and the big fists knuckle under prayer & flag real righteous like. Unmanned I can't help the obstinate old fellow; this time he must knuckle under. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig I see by this mornin's paper that the Government has knuckled under to these Boers. Round the Red Lamp I know how to deal with Kanakas: give them plain sense and fair dealing, and—I’ll do them that much justice—they knuckle under every time. Island Nights' Entertainments Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog. Treasure Island She drew an awesome breath, rose to her toes and knit her knuckles under her throat. The Cavalier The magistrate was of the same opinion: but he was a kindly man: he would have been more inclined to help, but for his wife's intervention—to which he knuckled under. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Think a civilized white man, sweating his heart out to save your people here, is going to knuckle under to any savage that happens to blow in and try to boss this job? Darkness and Dawn But his habits rode him to a frazzle final and he knuckled under to tooberclosis, and they only saved his life by fetchin' him West. The Heart of the Range I'm not the sort of chap to knuckle under to my wife; and there isn't one woman in a thousand, if she gave her husband a start, could help reminding him of it. In the Year of Jubilee By their light he saw why he had knuckled under so meekly, at the time of his first attempt. Australia Felix Both had listened to reason and had knuckled under rather than face possible lawsuits and certain publicity. Cap'n Warren's Wards We had to knuckle under the whole of the time, to the civil authorities. Kingdom of the Blind I pray for a higher moral sense, that which lifts man above beasts, and when my answer comes and I feel morally right, then all hell can't make me knuckle under. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it |
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