英语词汇“above measure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. above measure: beyond what can be measured or reckoned; beyond all limits; excessively. Now rare. beyond measure is now the more usual phrase.

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. 2435 (MED) Outraious he was aboue mesure..Hatful also to eueri creature, And heuy born of worthi kynges thre.

1557 New Test. (Geneva) 2 Cor. x. 13 We wil not reioyce aboue measure.

1660 T. M. Walker's Hist. Independency IV. 56 The newes of this victory so fleshed our bloodhounds that they began to boast above measure.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxii. 112 When corporal Trim had brought his two mortars to bear, he was delighted with his handy-work above measure.

1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. iii. 51 All the while being visited with conscientious questionings whether she were not exalting these poor doings above measure.

1950 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 21 461/2 I am sure that Chaucer, Hugo, Goethe, Cervantes, Dantes, and the rest would be rejoiced above measure to be allowed to speak to their audience without hindrance and not darkly through a fog of footnotes.

2002 J. Scodel Excess & Mean in Early Mod. Eng. Lit. vii. 216 Portraying Aristippus as the teacher of tippling ‘above measure’.

c. In adverbial phrases. beyond (also above, †over, †without) measure, beyond all measure, †out measure, out of (all) measure (archaic): beyond all bounds, excessively; without limit. Formerly also used predicatively (chiefly Scottish): †boundless, unlimited; excessive (obsolete).passing measure: see passing measure at passing prep. 3.There is some overlap with sense 2c.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > excessively or immoderately

att hofelæsc1175

with unskillc1220

above (also beyond) the moonc1300

out of score1303

beyond (also above, over, without) measurea1375

out of (all) measurea1375

beyond measure1526

above (also beyond) the nock1530

out of (also without) all cry1565

out of all hoa1592

over the top1935

a1375 [see sense 1b].

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 137 On lenth it es withouten mesure.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 62 The damesel made grete sorow oute of mesure.

c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 167 It is a pryue robberye, a theft out of alle mesure.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 810 The laiff our mesur war wery.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 570 He wes angry out of mesur.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. vi. 59 Abufe myssuyr forsuth thai chaistyit war.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 418/2 This adversite hath anguissed me beyonde measure.

1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 370 A thing sa far beyond all measour that [etc.].

1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. B^v So Selfe encountred with a Law, proves out of measure sinfull.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 375 The air is usually warm, and at some time above measure.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 73 He's so often out of Measure in his drinking.

1771 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 132 I..found it utterly impossible..to keep on, so had again recourse to my..side-saddle, provok'd beyond measure to follow Mrs. Hill.

1820 Ld. Byron Let. 13 Oct. (1977) VII. 203 It would be out of all measure and conscience to ask you to translate the whole—but if you could give me a short sketch of it.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. vi. iii. 216 He was full of Eckart's doctrine, out of all measure admiring the wonderful man.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxxi. 414 My Lady was once vexed beyond measure.

1875 D. A. Wasson in Freedom & Fellowship in Relig. (Free Relig. Assoc., Boston) 20 A conscious being is indeed here, and with relations out of measure higher and finer.

1906 S. Phillips Nero iii. iv. 91 I had not told you had I not Been above measure happy.

1954 G. Durrell Bafut Beagles (1956) 204 Even the staff knew that Idiurus kivuensis was the name of a beef that I prized beyond all measure.

1984 R. Dahl Boy 21 Astri was far and away my father's favourite. He adored her beyond measure.

单词	above measure
释义	> as lemmas above measure b. above measure: beyond what can be measured or reckoned; beyond all limits; excessively. Now rare. beyond measure is now the more usual phrase. ΚΠ a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) v. 2435 (MED) Outraious he was aboue mesure..Hatful also to eueri creature, And heuy born of worthi kynges thre. 1557 New Test. (Geneva) 2 Cor. x. 13 We wil not reioyce aboue measure. 1660 T. M. Walker's Hist. Independency IV. 56 The newes of this victory so fleshed our bloodhounds that they began to boast above measure. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxii. 112 When corporal Trim had brought his two mortars to bear, he was delighted with his handy-work above measure. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. iii. 51 All the while being visited with conscientious questionings whether she were not exalting these poor doings above measure. 1950 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 21 461/2 I am sure that Chaucer, Hugo, Goethe, Cervantes, Dantes, and the rest would be rejoiced above measure to be allowed to speak to their audience without hindrance and not darkly through a fog of footnotes. 2002 J. Scodel Excess & Mean in Early Mod. Eng. Lit. vii. 216 Portraying Aristippus as the teacher of tippling ‘above measure’. extracted from aboveadv.prep.n.adj. beyond (also above, †over, †without) measure c. In adverbial phrases. beyond (also above, †over, †without) measure, beyond all measure, †out measure, out of (all) measure (archaic): beyond all bounds, excessively; without limit. Formerly also used predicatively (chiefly Scottish): †boundless, unlimited; excessive (obsolete).passing measure: see passing measure at passing prep. 3.There is some overlap with sense 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > excessively or immoderately att hofelæsc1175 with unskillc1220 above (also beyond) the moonc1300 out of score1303 beyond (also above, over, without) measurea1375 out of (all) measurea1375 beyond measure1526 above (also beyond) the nock1530 out of (also without) all cry1565 out of all hoa1592 over the top1935 a1375 [see sense 1b]. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 137 On lenth it es withouten mesure. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 62 The damesel made grete sorow oute of mesure. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 167 It is a pryue robberye, a theft out of alle mesure. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 810 The laiff our mesur war wery. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 570 He wes angry out of mesur. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. vi. 59 Abufe myssuyr forsuth thai chaistyit war. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 418/2 This adversite hath anguissed me beyonde measure. 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 370 A thing sa far beyond all measour that [etc.]. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. B^v So Selfe encountred with a Law, proves out of measure sinfull. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 375 The air is usually warm, and at some time above measure. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 73 He's so often out of Measure in his drinking. 1771 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 132 I..found it utterly impossible..to keep on, so had again recourse to my..side-saddle, provok'd beyond measure to follow Mrs. Hill. 1820 Ld. Byron Let. 13 Oct. (1977) VII. 203 It would be out of all measure and conscience to ask you to translate the whole—but if you could give me a short sketch of it. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. vi. iii. 216 He was full of Eckart's doctrine, out of all measure admiring the wonderful man. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxxi. 414 My Lady was once vexed beyond measure. 1875 D. A. Wasson in Freedom & Fellowship in Relig. (Free Relig. Assoc., Boston) 20 A conscious being is indeed here, and with relations out of measure higher and finer. 1906 S. Phillips Nero iii. iv. 91 I had not told you had I not Been above measure happy. 1954 G. Durrell Bafut Beagles (1956) 204 Even the staff knew that Idiurus kivuensis was the name of a beef that I prized beyond all measure. 1984 R. Dahl Boy 21 Astri was far and away my father's favourite. He adored her beyond measure. extracted from measuren. < as lemmas
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