| 释义 |
ˈthrough-bear, v. Sc.
[bear v.1 II.]
trans. To maintain, support. Hence ˈthrough-bearing vbl. n. a. Support through (life), livelihood, maintenance. b. Supporting, upholding, maintaining (a cause).
1680D. Hackston Let. 25 July in Cloud Witnesses (1871) 45 He will perfect His work in me and by me, either to a remarkable delivery, or through-bearing (i.e. upholding) me as He sees most for His own glory. 1730T. Boston Mem. vii. (1899) 151 God would provide things necessary for our through-bearing. 1786A. Gib Sacr. Contempl. 296 It secures all the outward through-bearing, preservation and protection, leading and guiding. 1813Chalmers Let. 12 Oct. in Life (1850) I. xii. 343 A day of mortification. Everything went against us by the through-bearing of the opposite party. 1857A. Wallace Gloaming of Life i. (1875) 3 She opened a small shop as the means of securing an honest throughbearing. |