| 释义 |
macarize, v. rare.|ˈmækəraɪz|
Also macarise, makarize.
[f. Gr. µακαρίζειν, f. µάκαρ happy: see -ize.]
trans. To account or call happy or blessed (cf. quot. 1816–60).
1816–60Whately Commpl. Bk. (1865) 9 A man is admired for what he is, macarized for what he has, praised for what he does. Ibid. (1864) 25 If a man possess a genius, or a person that is admirable, he is himself admired; but not if he has an admirable horse or house; the sentiment we feel towards him is of a different nature, and we have no English word to express it; so much are we at a loss as to resort to the word ‘envy’. I should like to introduce the word ‘macarise’. 1840Arnold Let. in Stanley Life & Corr. (1844) II. ix. 227 Therefore I ‘macarize’ you the more, for having both an inherited home, and in a county and part of the county per se delightful. a1871Grote Eth. Fragm. v. (1876) 177 No man praises happiness, as he praises justice, but macarises (blesses) it as something more divine and better. |