| 单词 | far unfit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfar unfit b. qualifying adjectives, adverbs, or their equivalents, implying excess, defect, or variation from a standard. †In 16–17th centuries often prefixed to adjectives or adverbs of negative import, as in far unfit = far from fit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference) > implying excess or defect farc1390 c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 552 Þei were weri of-fouȝten and feor ouer-charged. 1521 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 348 This man gothe fer wyde from the streyght waye. a1555 J. Philpot in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 229 God knoweth it is written farre uneasely. 1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus 29 Preparations afore death..far out of square. 1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle ii. sig. C3v Then my lord your father is farre impatient. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 532 A match thought farre vnfit for such a man. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xli. 545 We were often far underfed. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 198 They were not far wrong. < as lemmas |
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