单词 | from a to b |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom A to B 5. from A to B: from one designated place or point to another, esp. from one's starting point to one's destination; also in extended use, with reference to any finite process of development, progress, or transfer. ΚΠ ?c1400 in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 65 Þe quadrat bitwene A and B mote be persede reulefully, in whilk persyng put a chippe..bot it sale be moveable fro A to B. 1797 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit. iv. 33 Be regular: from science A to science B proceed, I hate your zig-zag verse and wanton heed.] 1851 Jurist 14 1048/2 This is not a right of way between two termini, a right to go from A. to B., but a right to go to and from any place I please. 1876 R. V. Rogers Law of Road 114 He remarked that the words usually printed on them..created a contract on the part of the company to convey the holder in one continuous journey from A to B. 1942 H. R. Desilva Why we have Automobile Accidents i. 5 People like automobiles because ‘everybody wants to go from A to B sitting down’. 1957 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Battle Continues 57 All the bourgeoisie are alike in this, Running the whole gamut of life from A to B... They have all the same pettifogging spirit, So narrow it shows little but its limits. 1971 New Scientist 1 July 5/1 In traffic-choked cities the slender bike is the fastest means of getting from A to B. 2001 New Yorker 20 Jan. 71/2 I thought..if you give the people a chance to vote they'll solve the problem. But I didn't realize that from A to B was so far. < as lemmas |
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