| 单词 | for the most party |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor (also †be, in) the most part (also †deal, †party) b. for (also †be, in) the most part (also †deal, †party): usually, generally, in general, on the whole, in most cases; as regards the greater or greatest part. Also (rare) without the. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part for the more party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 for the more partc1405 for (the) most partc1405 much dealc1425 in substancea1450 for the mostc1531 in (also for) the generality1580 for the general1581 in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591 largely1594 principally1600 in chiefa1616 mainly1640 nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648 greatly1742 as a rule1828 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 219 Now for þe moste deel he fleeþ mannys siȝt. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 196 (MED) Þei holden for the moste partye the..customs & gode maneres as men of the contree aboue-seyd. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 324 (MED) The fals man walkith fro towne to towne, For the moste parte with a thredbare gowne. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. ccccxxvi. 746 Ye lorde of Coucy went to Mortayn..and there refresshed hym and his company; but for the most partye he hymselfe was with the kyng at Turney. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 3289 Be the maist part all was tane and slane. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Gg.ii For moste part these kinde of iniurious persons..are menne wel stricken in yeeres. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 205 The auld fundationis,..and utheris wreittis,..of kirklandis war for the maist pairt distroyed. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Cor. vii. 3) Such faithful friends are in this age all for the most part gone in pilgrimage. 1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 171 The Persians, Turks, Russians, Polonians, and Hungarians, for most part wear Scimiters and Shables. 1715 J. Addison Freeholder No. 20. ⁋8 A House of Commons, which..must consist for the most part of Landed Men. a1760 T. Gifford Hist. Descr. Zetland (1786) vii. 64 The Umboth tythes are for the most part a rental tythe. 1798 Trans. Soc. Promotion Agric., Arts, & Manuf. (U.S.) 3 116 The soil is clay, destitute of stones, and for the most part oak timbered. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. viii. 166 The shops were for the most part closed. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 146 Whatsoever is not sung is properly no Poem, but a piece of Prose cramped into jingling lines,—to the great injury of the grammar, to the great grief of the reader, for most part! 1871 S. Smiles Character viii. 220 Men of the greatest genius have been for the most part cheerful, contented men. 1932 Oxf. Compan. Eng. Lit. 756/1 It [sc. Journal to Stella] is a series of intimate letters..for the most part written in baby language. 1960 New Scientist 10 Mar. 612 Mental hospitals..are places where, for the most part, an enlightened therapeutic programme and an open-door policy prevails. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 May e11 This claim is, ‘in the most part, simply untrue,’ said league president Joseph Benedict at a press conference this week. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Sept. 14/3 I am a white, middle-class, female Angelino who agrees in most part with Cornel West. 2001 Independent 11 Jan. ii. 1/1 An ambulance crew is working, for the most part, alone. (for the) most party b. a (also in, of) party: partly; somewhat, a little. Also with modifying word, as in (also a) great party: to a great extent, for the most part. for the more party: = for the more part at part n.1 Phrases 1a(c) (cf. more adj. 1c). (the) most party: the most part, the majority. (for the) most party: for the most part; mostly. Obsolete.Cf. a-party adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > incompletely or partly [phrase] in partc1300 a (also in, of) party1372 to (the) half1547 by halves1563 by fractions1796 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part for the more party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 for the more partc1405 for (the) most partc1405 much dealc1425 in substancea1450 for the mostc1531 in (also for) the generality1580 for the general1581 in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591 largely1594 principally1600 in chiefa1616 mainly1640 nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648 greatly1742 as a rule1828 society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > as deputy or representative [phrase] > on behalf of or in the name of on behalf of1303 in behalf ofc1320 in ——'s namec1325 a (also in, of) party1372 in my voicea1616 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > in his, its, etc., self > for one's own part a (also in, of) party1372 for one's (own) parta1393 of his behalfa1500 for one's particular1565 on (also upon) one's own account1609 for my (his, etc.) share1643 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a large extent in (also a) great party1372 a great wayc1405 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 1372 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 74 (MED) I sal ben..so conning Þat most partiȝe of þe puple Sal wiln maken me king. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxx. 37 Iacob takyng greene pople ȝerdez..aparty vnryndide hem. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Prol. Kings 2 Þe tunge forsoþe of Syriis & of caldeis..of a gret partye neeȝ costeyȝeþ to Ebru. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) 1 Cor. xiii. 12 Now I knowe of party; thanne, forsoth, I schal knowe as and I am knowyn. c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 268 (MED) Sum temporal men..han receyued..grace of deuocion, & in parti sauour of gostli ocupacion. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 145 For þe moste partye, culuers haueþ twey briddes, male and female. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 22862 Men..Wit hundes eten þe mast parti. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 122 (MED) That she be maried..by assent..of all or of the most partye of his executours. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 389 Þe lordis ben vndo in grete party. c1475 Antichrist & Disciples in J. H. Todd Three Treat. J. Wycklyffe (1851) p. cxxxv Take we heede to..nunnes & sustris, & see hou þei folowen Crist for þe more partie. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 189 (MED) The comon people..be not for the moste party lerned in holy scriptur. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 292 He sall eschew it in party. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) i.1 In erth a party we ere blisful, in als mykil als we ioy in god and hatis synne. a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 11 Alle Englonde for the more partye hatyd hym. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 21 (MED) I knowe thynges that be for to come a grete partye. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1256 The excesse of Nete and Mese by arithmeticall proportion, sheweth the exuperances in equall partie. < as lemmas |
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