英语词汇“a fault”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. In phrase to a fault (qualifying an adjective): to such an extent that it becomes a fault; excessively, extremely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase]

too welleOE

too muchc1449

to faultiness1530

but too‥1639

over and above1732

to a fault1753

only too1817

1753 Scots Mag. Jan. 41/1 This was good-natur'd to a fault.

1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 84 She was..generous to a fault.

1849 D. G. Mitchell Battle Summer (1852) 140 His dress is plain to a fault.

a. Indicating the full extent, degree, or amount: So as to reach, complete, or constitute. Chiefly in adverbial phrases, as to a certainty, to a degree, to (that, etc.) extent, to a fault, to the full, etc.: see also the nouns. See also up to —— at up adv.¹ 26.

ΚΠ

c1000 Ælfric Leviticus xxvi. 5 ge etaþ to fylle.

c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 220 The beaute of hir face..so bryght, That the goddesse Proserpyne..To hir beaute ne myght appere.

1473 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 15 Knyghtes, squyers, and comons to the nombre of xx. m^l.

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. v. i. 155 They should not be able to pay a raunsome to the value of the spurres and bridle bits in his campe.

1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 60 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. Done, Done to full, whatsoe're he came to doe.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5814/2 Bank Bills..to the Value of three hundred and sixty Millions of Livres.

1829 W. Scott Waverley Novels (new ed.) I. Introd. p. cii Gallant, courteous, and brave, even to chivalry.

1912 N.E.D. at To Mod. He was generous to a fault.

单词	a fault
释义	> as lemmas to a fault c. In phrase to a fault (qualifying an adjective): to such an extent that it becomes a fault; excessively, extremely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] too welleOE too muchc1449 to faultiness1530 but too‥1639 over and above1732 to a fault1753 only too1817 1753 Scots Mag. Jan. 41/1 This was good-natur'd to a fault. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 84 She was..generous to a fault. 1849 D. G. Mitchell Battle Summer (1852) 140 His dress is plain to a fault. extracted from faultn. to a fault a. Indicating the full extent, degree, or amount: So as to reach, complete, or constitute. Chiefly in adverbial phrases, as to a certainty, to a degree, to (that, etc.) extent, to a fault, to the full, etc.: see also the nouns. See also up to —— at up adv.¹ 26. ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Leviticus xxvi. 5 ge etaþ to fylle. c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 220 The beaute of hir face..so bryght, That the goddesse Proserpyne..To hir beaute ne myght appere. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 15 Knyghtes, squyers, and comons to the nombre of xx. m^l. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. v. i. 155 They should not be able to pay a raunsome to the value of the spurres and bridle bits in his campe. 1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 60 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. Done, Done to full, whatsoe're he came to doe. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5814/2 Bank Bills..to the Value of three hundred and sixty Millions of Livres. 1829 W. Scott Waverley Novels (new ed.) I. Introd. p. cii Gallant, courteous, and brave, even to chivalry. 1912 N.E.D. at To Mod. He was generous to a fault. extracted from toprep.conj.adv. < as lemmas
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