单词 | from years to years |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom (a number of) years to (the same number of) years ΚΠ ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 62 Fro ȝer to ȝer, fro seuene ȝer to seuene ȝer. a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 176 Ffor yere and yere they schulde make paymente, And some tyme als too yere and too yere. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course v. f. 68 The Greekes..were constrained from three yeares to three, to put betweene them an odd moneth. 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. xviii. 90 Whereby it commeth, that from fowre yeere to foure yeere, is reckoned a bissextile day [i.e. a leap day]. 1681 E. Everard Pressures & Grievances Protestants France 35 Those Provinces where the Synods assemble not but from two years to two years. 1798 A. Wall Acct. Ceremonies Senate House Univ. Cambr. 176 The practice is for the reader to continue from two years to two years, without fresh elections. 1845 N. Brit. Rev. Feb. 629 The candidates for this certificate are examined publicly in the manner and form set forth from five years to five years by the Government. < as lemmas |
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