| 单词 | for all seasons |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(a man, etc.) for all seasons c. (a man, etc.) for all seasons: (one) ready for any situation or contingency, adaptable to any circumstance. Originally used with reference to Sir Thomas More (1478–1535); cf. Erasmus Encomium Moriae (1509) Pref., omnium horarum hominem. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > [noun] > person (a man, etc.) for all seasons1520 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. D.iiijv And as tyme requyreth, [Thomas More is] a man of merueylous myrthe & pastymes, & somtyme of as sad grauite as who say. a man for al seasons. 1960 R. Bolt (title) A man for all seasons. 1968 Listener 26 Dec. 842/3 If there can really be no simple account of Mr Powell's general political position save that he is a man for all seasons, the same is true of his position on immigration. 1972 A. Price Col. Butler's Wolf xii. 131 She's a nice sort of girl... A girl for all seasons. 1973 Listener 29 Nov. 745/1 He [sc . John Kennedy] was a man for all seasons, a man for all people. 1976 M. Birmingham Heat of Sun viii. 114 The vulture..a bird for all seasons, I decided, ready to match one's every mood. 1981 M. Warner Joan of Arc xiii. 263 Joan, a heroine for all seasons. < as lemmas |
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