| 释义 |
unˈsped, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b.]
a. Not having succeeded in an errand or effort.
b. Not accomplished or discharged; not brought to a successful result or issue.
a1300Cursor M. 17596 For-þi þaa Iuus war full medd, Þair sandes come again vn-spedd. 1390Gower Conf. III. 293 So was he come ayein unsped. c1450Myrr. our Ladye 82 That prayer..is neuer lefte vnspedde. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. xxxviii. (1536) 67 b, Nor for all the affaires of his house, he wolde not leaue one of thempire vnsped. a1568in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Cl.) 617/8 Onsped speche bettir vnspokin be. 1624Quarles Job xiii. xxiv, To Athens, gown'd, he goes, and..Returnes unsped. 1717Garth Ovid's Met. xiv. (1732) 477 Thus Diomedes Venulus withdraws; Unsped the Service of the common Cause. 1895R. Bridges Ode to Music iv. iii, When the winds fatigued..Have left the drooping banks unsped. |