on the straight and narrow这个表达已经被使用了几百年,源自圣经。Because the strait is the gate and narrow is the way. strait的狭窄的通道、路线,描述通往天堂的道路。门是窄的,路是窄的,找到的人也少。17世纪,strait被换成了straight。straight and narrow意味着做道德上正确的事,以正直和诚实的方式行事...
straight and narrow n. The way of proper conduct and moral integrity. Used withthe:kept strictly to the straight and narrow. [Alteration (by misunderstanding) ofstrait and narrow, from"Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life" (Matthew 7:14)fromstrait.] ...
句子:"The path was narrow, but it was straight, and after a few minutes they reached the house." 翻译:“小路很窄,但它是笔直的,几分钟后他们就到达了房子。” 出处:《简·爱》by Charlotte Brontë 句子:"I walked straight forward till I came in sight of the garden gate." 翻译:“我一直...
A friend heard an expression on an English language radio station he didn’t understand. The expression was “ the straight and narrow ”. This expression originated from the Bible. Many people want to be on the straight and narrow but it is not easy. The expression means to be...
Narrow; close; tight; as a straight garment. [See strait, as it is generally written.] 3. Upright; according with justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness. STRAIGHT, adv. Immediately; directly; in the shortest time. I know thy generous temper well; fling but the appeara...
The head is narrow and its profile is straight. 头很窄,它的外形是直的。 ParaCrawl Corpus The "broad way", the wide, straight and comfortable road that leads straight to paradise was Muhammad's ideal. Muhammad knew nothing about Christ's words of the steep and narrow way that leads ...
To stay out of trouble and behave in an honest and correct way. This idiom originated from the Bible and describes the path to heaven.Matthew 7:14:"Broad is the way that is the path of destruction but narrow is the gate and straight is the way which leadeth to the house of God."...
Distinguishing Between STI Stress and Delta Width in Gate Direct Tunneling Current of Narrow n-MOSFETs Direct tunneling current across a 1.27-nm-thick gate oxide of n-MOSFETs under STI compressive stress is measured in a wide range of the drawn gate width W ... CY Hsieh,Student Member,IEEE,...
外部播放此歌曲> Straight、Narrow - Straight Is the Gate 专辑:Do Your Work 歌手:StraightNarrow 还没有歌词哦
(adj.1) in one of its senses, probably suggested by the stock phrasestraight and narrowpathorway, "course of conventional morality and law-abiding behavior" (by 1842), which is based on a misreading of Matthew vii.14 (where the gate is actuallystrait); another influence seems to be...