| 单词 | conspicuous by its absence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconspicuous by its absence b. conspicuous by its absence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > outstanding > in specific way onlyeOE uphand1835 conspicuous by its absence1859 1859 Ld. J. Russell Addr. Electors of London Among the defects of the Bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence, and one by its absence. 1859 Ld. J. Russell Speech at London Tavern 15 Apr. I alluded to it as ‘a provision conspicuous by its absence,’ a turn of phraseology which is not an original expression of mine, but is taken from one of the greatest historians of antiquity. [Tacitus Ann. iii. 76.] 1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) xvi. 316 Those [monuments] which do exist are just sufficient to make the absence of all others more conspicuous. 1878 W. A. Wright Note on Shakspere's Julius Caesar ii. i. 70 Cassius had married Junia, Brutus' sister..At her funeral in a.d. 22 the images of Brutus and Cassius were conspicuous by their absence, or as Tacitus (Ann. iii. 76) puts it, ‘sed praefulgebant..eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur’. 1882 Daily News 3 July 2/1 Other usually prominent members were for several hours conspicuous by their absence. < as lemmas |
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