chalk up

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To achieve something. transitive
    — 2012 The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Rural activism: Working the system In recent years Mr Li, a divorced farmer with a laptop and internet access, has chalked up some stunning successes in resisting his village officials.
  2. To assign a debt to someone. Australia,archaic,slang
    — Give me another drink and chalk it up to John.
  3. To attribute to something, often tangentially. US,slang
    — I know we lost, but can we chalk it up as a win?

词形变化

chalks up present,singular,third-person chalking up participle,present chalked up participle,past chalked up past

词汇关系

相关词
chalk up to

词源

Probably from the fact that many problems were figured out using chalk on a chalk board.
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