| 释义 |
lifemanship|ˈlaɪfmənʃɪp|
[f. life n. + -manship.]
Skill in getting the edge over, or acquiring an advantage over, another person or persons. So (as a back-formation) ˈlifeman.
1950S. Potter (title) Some notes on lifemanship. Ibid. 14 Day by day our centres send out young men, yes and women too, to assess the lifemanship approach. Ibid., The Lifeman is never caddish himself. 1952Granta 29 Nov. 8/2 They are the men who thought Lifemanship was something to practise rather than detect. 1953Encounter Oct. 62/2 ‘Phoney’ and ‘corney’..are concepts, categories for criticising a whole school of bad ‘lifemanship’. 1958Spectator 29 Aug. 285/1 His narrative abounds in bashful lifemanship. 1959Times 9 Apr. 15/3 You mean, don't you, that he was nearly the greatest European lifeman? 1964Discovery Oct. 35/1 Lifemanship consists largely of a surreptitious and diplomatic control of what is ordinarily non-verbal and unconscious communication. |