单词 | against that |
释义 | > as lemmasagainst that 10. In anticipation of, in preparation for, in time for. †against that: (as compound conjunction) = sense B. (obsolete). against a rainy day: see rainy day n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation for or anticipation of [preposition] againOE againstc1175 toward1542 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9152 He wollde ȝarrkenn hemm Onnȝæness cristess come. c1300 Assumption of Virgin (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1901) l. 120 To þe aungel..‘Haþ he set me any day Aȝenes þat ihc me greþi may’. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1619 (MED) Eche a strete was..strawed wiþ floures..& alle maner menstracie maked him aȝens. c1400 15 Tokens in F. J. Furnivall Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 92 Of xv tokenyng Þat god wil aȝeins domesdai here on erþe bring. 1482 W. Cely Let. 13 Aug. in Cely Lett. (1975) 167 Sche tellyth me sche schulde hawe rayment..agaynest her chyrchyng. a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) l. 43 (MED) And mad redy yeftis againste his comyng, to Fest hym and his men. 1577–87 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) i. ii. v. 121 This furniture is to be provided against his installation. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xviii. 431 The moist dropping of stone walls against rainy weather. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 349 To shorten the business against Thursday. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 80 If I chose to order any new Cloaths against my Marriage. 1758 J. Wesley in Wks. (1872) II. 435 Having a Sermon to write against the Assizes at Bedford. 1832 H. Martineau For Each & All i. 14 Go to Covent Garden, to see the people dressing it up against sunrise. 1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims viii. 194 When the Queen of Sheba came to visit Solomon, he had built, against her arrival, a palace. 1928 L. Robinson Big House 97 Keeping them safe for Mr Alcock against the time he'll be wanting them. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 19 We have..Gathered wood against the winter. 1976 Woman's Weekly 6 Nov. 54/3 To stock up the deep-freeze with cakes and biscuits against their parents' return. 2003 Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 34/4 Gold coins you can..bury in the back garden against a rainy day. < as lemmas |
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