| 释义 |
safeness|ˈseɪfnɪs|
[-ness.]
The quality or state of being safe (in various senses).
a1375Cursor M. 18742 (Fairf.) Þe toþer [man] vs come fra heyuen toure Þat broȝt us sauenes & socoure. c1440Promp. Parv. 440/2 Saafnesse, or salvacyon, salvacio. 1530Palsgr. 265/2 Safenesse, saueté. 1607Markham Caval. i. (1617) 69 Besides the safenesse and no danger in the cure. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 651 Neither is this Haven famous for the secure safeness thereof. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. xiii. (1640) 130 The nearnesse of the way is to be measured not by the shortnesse but the safenesse of it. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. 2 Tim. ii. 3 The Life of a Minister or Bishop is not a Life of Ease, and Idleness, and Safeness. 1688South Serm. xii. (1697) I. 546 If a Man should forbear his Food,..till he had Science and Certainty of the Safeness of what he was going about, he must starve, and die Disputing. 1889Spectator 28 Dec., He must be, first of all, a man of sure judgment, or the public will not trust him long, they discerning the quality we call ‘safeness’ clearly enough. |