reach for the sky

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reach for the sky

  1. (俗语) 举起手来！ （指举手投降）
    (我们能否查找并添加chapter 10 from By the Great Horn Spoon!引用过本词的语句？)
    近义词： hands up、stick 'em up

动词[编辑]

reach for the sky (第三人称单数简单现在时 reaches for the sky，现在分词 reaching for the sky，一般过去时及过去分词 reached for the sky)

  1. 追求最好，精益求精
    • 1993, Robert Emmett Curran, The Bicentennial History of Georgetown University: From academy to university, 1789-1889, Georgetown University Press, →ISBN，页号 27:
      Far better to start modestly and grow gradually than to reach for the sky with grand plans that could only end in the collapse of the institution.
      （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
    • 2010, Alfred Lubrano, Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN，页号 33:
      Resigned to his blue-collar status, Donna's father's belief was “Why reach for the sky when you can be happy on earth?” Donna says, “My dad was trying to save me from disappointment. The daughter of peasant stock shouldn't strive to be in the ruling class, he thought.”
      （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
    • 2014, Gideon Arulmani, Anuradha J. Bakshi, Frederick T. L. Leong, A. G. Watts, Handbook of Career Development: International Perspectives, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN，页号 306:
      Indeed, career counseling encourages individuals to “reach for the sky.”
      （请为本引文添加中文翻译）
    近义词： aim for the sky

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