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单词 as long as the world lasts
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as long as the (also this) world lasts (or stands)
P1. With reference to the duration of the world: as long as the (also this) world lasts (or stands) and variants. Now somewhat archaic. [Compare Old Icelandic meðan heimrinn stendr, and various post-classical Latin phrases, including quamdiu mundus iste stat as long as this world stands (5th cent. in Jerome), quamdiu durat mundus (also quamdiu mundus durat) as long as the world lasts (12th cent.; a1274 in Thomas Aquinas).]
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OE Genesis A (1931) 1542 Þæt ic monnum þas wære gelæste, þenden woruld standeð.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10515 Iesu crist. Winndweþþ hiss corn..Whil þatt tiss weorelld lassteþþ.
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 33 (MED) Gif ðu liuedest swa lange swa ðes woreld ilast, and æure þoledest pine, ne mihtest ðu of-earnin swa michel eadinesse swa ðe is behaten.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl. 34) 542 Þu schalt habben..a temple þet schal a stonden hwil þet te worlt stont.
c1450 Siege Calais (Rome) in PMLA (1952) 67 894 (MED) O oonly god..Save Calais..That euer it mot wel cheve Vnto the crovn of England, As longe as the world shal stonde.
a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) l. 2255 Yf it worth sall to wy whil þe world standes, Oure burgh ayayn to be beld þat brytynd is to noght?
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. x. 36 He sall with vs rest, And we with him, sa lang as warld may lest.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Cor. viii. 13 If meate make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth. View more context for this quotation
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 80 If any of these come out So long's the world doe last: Then credit not a word Of what is said and past.
1710 W. Wycherley Let. 1 Apr. in Corr. A. Pope (1956) I. 80 By preserving his Life, he can only make him live about threescore or fourscore Years; but by preserving his Reputation, he can make him live as long as the World lasts.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 332 I say the pulpit..Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause.
1847 H. W. Herbert Miller of Martigne 46 Girls will be girls, I fancy, so long as the world lasts; and men will be fooled by them!
1884 Graphic 23 Aug. 186/3 Teetotallers and moderate drinkers will probably be at war on this point..as long as the world lasts.
1918 Scribner's Mag. 63 408/2 As long as the world lasts it will be a punishment to be a German.
1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 257/1 The two peoples will never understand each other as long as the world stands.
2006 J. I. Packer & C. Nystrom Praying v. 145 These words..are as timely today as when he first put them on paper and will continue so as long as the world lasts.
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