• n. 凹痕
• vt. 擊出凹痕

擬聲詞，敲，擊打，引申義憑借（武力）。

dint

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’.

dint (n.)

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.

1. He succeeds by dint of sheer hard work.

他完全是憑借著努力工作取得了成功。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They overcame all kinds of difficulties by dint of an indomitable spirit.

他們憑仗著頑強不屈的精神克服了重重困難.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. He succeeded by dint of hard work.

他靠苦干獲得成功.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. He has acquired, by dint of threatening to resign, a directorate-general with about 150 officials.

他以辭職相威脅從而獲得了局長的位子，手下有大約150名官員。

來自柯林斯例句

5. By dint of much trying he finally achieved his object.

通過大量嘗試,他終于達到了目的.

來自辭典例句