| 单词 | genuine article |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(the) genuine article b. (the) genuine article and variants: a person or thing held to be an authentic or excellent example of a particular type. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > originality or non-imitation > [noun] > the real thing the natural1589 life1600 original1624 (the) genuine article1794 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > a genuine thing or person the (real, true, etc.) Simon Pure1776 (the) genuine article1794 (the) clean potato1822 the real McCoy1848 the pure (also true, genuine, etc.) quill1854 to deliver the goods1870 the McCoy1931 straight arrow1969 1789 J. Hodson Nature's Assistant (ed. 6) 31 To prevent any counterfeit being substituted for this genuine article, Dr. Hodson requests the public to take particular notice, that his Aromatic Tea is moulded up in packets.] 1794 R. Dickinson Parlour Compan. sig. Av To prevent..that disgrace which might attach itself to the Genuine Article,..I am compelled to adopt a similar mode. 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 7 Their conduct seldom exhibits sufficient proof..to justify the public in regarding them as the genuine article. 1851 Christian Examiner & Relig. Misc. July 4 We are speaking of the real article, the genuine faith, once delivered to the saints by John Calvin, or earlier by Augustine. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. iv. 82 I should think so! Genuine article—no mistake. 1913 A. Bennett Regent i. vi. 161 Mr. Rollo Wrissell belonged to one of the seven great families which once governed..England... Edward Henry breathed to himself, ‘This is the genuine article.’ 1919 D. Ashford Young Visiters (1951) v. 34 His mother was a decent family called Hyssops of the Glen so you see he is not so bad and desireus of being the correct article. 1962 A. Huxley Let. 1 Mar. (1969) 930 To transform ‘the things we are not’ into something which the unwary might mistake for the genuine article. 1991 Bicycle Guide Sept. 44/1 (advt.) Not a reproduction and not a look-alike copy, this is the genuine article! (the) genuine article a. Having the character or origin represented; real, true, not counterfeit, unfeigned, †unadulterated. (the) genuine article: see (the) genuine article at article n. Phrases 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > genuine, real soothc888 soothlyc888 soothfastc1175 germanec1384 truea1398 sickera1400 upright?a1500 uncounterfeita1542 righteous1543 legitimate1551 truepennya1556 arrant1570 uncounterfeited1571 real1573 current1578 genuinal1599 unforged1610 unpretended1611 legitime1614 unabusinga1628 Lubish1632 genuine1639 undissembled1651 undissimulate1652 ingenuine1661 infallacious1677 real live1684 unfalsified1688 unmistaken1694 pukka1776 undissimulated1776 unassumed1818 uncynical1824 Simon Pure1834 sure-enough1837 unsimulated1840 straight-out1848 true blue1852 veritable1862 really (and) truly1864 authentic1868 true-metal1868 kosher1896 twenty-four carat1900 honest to goodness1905 echt1916 dinky-di1918 McCoy1928 twenty-two carat1962 right1969 1640 T. Carew Poems 146 We use No..compounds that are Adulterate, but at Natures cheape expence With farre more genuine sweets refresh the sense. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated Ep. Ded. 1 The true and genuine causes. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 214 What the genuine sense is I shall take notice in its proper place. 1712 T. Parnell in Spectator No. 501. ⁋6 The whole Vault had a genuine Dismalness in it. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. i. 144 Christianity..teaches natural Religion, in its genuine Simplicity. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 37 Maximus now displayed his genuine character. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 83 Such a genuine expression of paternal regard. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iv. 95 They had no genuine belief in any world which was different from theirs. < as lemmas |
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