sweat of one's brow

短语

发音

UK /ˈswɛt əv wɒnz ˈbɹaʊ/
AU
US /ˈswɛt əv wʌnz ˈbɹaʊ/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The effort extended in (often manual) labour, and the value created thereby.

    习语 不可数

    Making matters worse, these courts developed a new theory to justify the protection of factual compilations. Known alternatively as "sweat of the brow" or "industrious collection," the underlying notion was that copyright was a reward for the hard work that went into compiling facts.

词源

A reference to Genesis 3:17 and 19 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “And unto Adam he [God] said, because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, … In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground: …”, meaning that due to disobedience to God, humans would henceforth have to exert labour for their food, causing their brows or foreheads to perspire.

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