单词 | character-building |
释义 | > as lemmascharacter-building character-building n. and adj. ΚΠ 1859 A. M. Brown Peden the Prophet x. 149 A system of pastoral training ensued, in which character-building took the place of class-routine. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 30 Sept. 7/1 The present system of unregulated specialisation..ignores the paramount importance of character-building. 1900 J. Clifford in Daily News 28 Nov. 4/4 Character-building literature. 1944 R. Lehmann Ballad & Source 178 I felt the ominous subject of character-building begin to breathe its threat upon me. 2006 Sight & Sound Sept. 84/2 A group of offenders..are transferred to a secret Prison Service island for a spot of supposedly character-building rehabilitation. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。