单词 | entrustment |
释义 | entrustmentn. The action or an act of entrusting something to a person; the fact of being entrusted with something; a duty, responsibility, etc., with which one is entrusted. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > a duty or moral necessity > a charge, trust, or duty charge1393 charche1534 onus1626 entrustment1634 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping fastingeOE recommendation1483 commendation1583 committance1593 commitment1602 entrustment1634 entrusting1642 betrust1656 committal1802 1634 R. Matthew Flight of Time 10 Let a day have a daies worke, a weeke a weekes..spend this speciall intrustment no faster then it comes in. 1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 29 'Tis but a power of ordinary entrustment. 1657 J. Pettus in R. Loveday Lett. (1659) sig. A3v I wish I had leisure to peruse the whole Packet..but..I cannot spare so much time from my Intrustments. 1740 J. Rogerson Christian Course finished with Joy 23 You'll permit me..to conclude the whole with a serious Address to you all according to your different Age, and Standing, and Entrustments. 1809 Examiner 6 Aug. 204/1 The best thing that the Austrian Government has done..is the entrustment of full military powers to the Archduke Charles. 1877 Act 40 & 41 Vict. c. 39 §2 Where any agent or person has been entrusted with..any goods.., any revocation of his entrustment or agency shall not prejudice or affect the title or rights of any other person who..purchases such goods. 1885 Canad. Law Times Apr. 155 No matter how notorious the entrustment or how secret the revocation, still the owner would not be bound by the pledge or sale, for it was necessary that the entrustment should exist up to the completion of the contract of pledge or sale. 1933 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 Feb. 215/1 The regularization of the procedure and its entrustment to skilled persons has eliminated the associated risks. 1976 Jrnl. Anthropol. Res. 32 80 Most infants are entrusted to others..for varying periods with varying frequency. I am loath to suggest that such entrustments constitute anything more than a minor mortality risk. 2004 Hastings Center Rep. Jan. 28/2 Researchers take on a partial, limited entrustment for certain aspects of their subjects' health. 2015 Church Times 27 Mar. 3/1 Outside the cathedral, the remains of ‘Our brother, Richard’ were formally and solemnly handed over by the University to the entrustment of the Church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1634 |
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