单词 | alpha minus |
释义 | > as lemmasalpha minus alpha minus n. and adj. chiefly British (a) n.an academic mark in the lower range of the first class, one approaching the first class; (b) adj. nearly excellent or first-rate. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] > mark indicating that which is not first rate alpha minus1914 society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > specific marks accessit1753 honour1774 credit1802 second class1810 firsta1830 first class1830 third class1844 Hons.1850 max1851 second1852 special mention1886 distinction?1890 A1892 E1892 pass mark1894 two-two1895 alpha1898 alpha plus1898 gamma1898 beta1902 delta1911 alpha minus1914 fourth1914 straight A1926 two-one1937 lower second1960 honourable mention2011 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] > highly satisfactory OK1839 hunky-dory1866 (all) Sir Garnet1894 kayo1923 hotsy-totsy1924 oojah-cum-spiff1930 patsy1930 not shabby1975 alpha minus1989 1914 Blackwood's Mag. July 6/1 We were compelled to mark them with an ‘Alpha Minus’. 1989 S. Bedford Jigsaw iv. 186 ‘What does he say about my driving then?’ said Alessandro. ‘That you are a natural, you'll be alpha minus.’ 2002 M. Powell Evaluating New Labour's Welfare Reforms xii. 231 Glennerster (2001) gives New Labour's social policy an ‘alpha minus’. < as lemmas |
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