dint: [OE] Dint originally signified a ‘blow’ or ‘hit’, particularly one inflicted by a sword or similar weapon. Its meaning broadened out in the 14th century to ‘force of attack or impact’, and this is the source of the modern English phrase by dint of, which to begin with denoted ‘by force of’. In the 13th century a variant form dent arose, which by the 16th century had moved on metaphorically to the sense ‘depression made by a blow’.
Old English dynt "blow dealt in fighting" (especially by a sword), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (cognates: Old Norse dyntr "blow, kick"). Phrase by dint of ... "by force of, by means of," is early 14c.
双语例句
1. He succeeds by dint of sheer hard work.
他完全是凭借着努力工作取得了成功。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They overcame all kinds of difficulties by dint of an indomitable spirit.
他们凭仗着顽强不屈的精神克服了重重困难.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. He succeeded by dint of hard work.
他靠苦干获得成功.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. He has acquired, by dint of threatening to resign, a directorate-general with about 150 officials.
他以辞职相威胁从而获得了局长的位子，手下有大约150名官员。
来自柯林斯例句
5. By dint of much trying he finally achieved his object.
