의미: assay

as·say vt.

1 분석(검사)하다; <광석을> 시금(試金)하다; 【약학】 <약물을> 효력 검사하다

2 <물건의 성질·가치를> 판단[평가]하다

3 시험하다(test)
▶ assay one’s strength 자신의 힘을 시험하다
━ vi. 《미》 분석의 결과 <얼마를> 함유함을 나타내다
▶ 《assay+보》 This ore assays high in gold. 이 광석은 금 함유율이 높다.
━ [æsei│əséi] n. 시금(試金); 분석 평가; 분석물, 시금물; (시금) 분석표
do one's assay 할 수 있는 데까지 해보다
assay·a·ble a. assay·er n.

not to say 관용구

go without saying

be so easy to see that it doesn

have a say

be allowed to state a view, help to make the decision Only the investors will have a say in the price of the product.

have the final say

make the final decision, call the shots The children want a pony, but John has the final say.

it goes without saying

it is obvious, needless to say It goes without saying: we want equal pay for equal work.

needless to say

it is obvious, it goes without saying Needless to say, there are many idioms in the English language.

never say die

never quit, never give up Set your goals and try to achieve them. Work hard. Never say die.

quicker than you can say Jack Robinson

very quickly The ghost was gone - quicker 'n you can say Jack Robinson!

say a mouthful

say something of great importance or meaning or length He really said a mouthful yesterday when he made the announcement about his new job.

say jump...how high

(an idiom to show how one person controls another) Fritz is afraid of Olga. When she says jump, he says how high?

say my piece

say what I think, say my two-cents' worth When everyone else had spoken, I said my piece.

not to say

As able-bodied as; in accession to being. Acclimated to announce a stronger, added emphatic, or added aboveboard description to what has aloof been accounting or announced of. I anticipate it would be an abundantly ill-advised, not to say absolute foolish, not to acquire his action at this point in time. His behavior is boorish, not to say contemptible.Learn more: not, say

ˈnot to say

acclimated to advance that you could, with acceptable reason, use a stronger chat to call somebody/something: He is actual difficult, not to say impossible, to understand.Learn more: not, say

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