| 释义 |
unbeˈholden, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b.]
1. Not under an obligation (to a person); independent. rare.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 18 Both unmade by God, and unbeholden to, or independent on God. c1848J. Keegan Leg. & Poems (1907) 489 Dandy Delaney and his family grew rich all at once. People..wondered how the mischief he grew so ‘unbeholden’ in a moment.
2. Unbeheld, unseen.
1820Shelley Skylark 48 Like a glow-worm golden..Scattering unbeholden Its aëreal hue. 1867J. Ingelow Poems, Tired v, And were it good to go, And unbeholden in the vessel's wake Look on the man thou lovedst, and forgive. 1876Swinburne Erechtheus 813 At a shrine unbeloved of a God unbeholden a gift shall be given for the land.
Hence unbeˈholdenness. rare—1.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 63 They who hold this wild emptiness, hold also..its independency on, or unbeholdenness to, God himself. |