| 单词 | honour-seeking |
| 释义 | > as lemmashonour-seeking honour-seeking adj. and n. ΚΠ 1663 J. Heath Brief Chron. Late Intestine Warr (ed. 2) iii. f. 734v The irresistible daring gallantry of the Honour-seeking Red-coats. 1802 European Mag. & London Rev. Mar. 209/2 Had the Fates but heard my fervent prayer, And kindly spar'd his [sc. a game-cock] honour-seeking life. 1842 J. D. Haas tr. F. W. Krummacher Second Portion of Elisha ii. 48 O that we may become conscious anew, that such an honour-seeking amongst men involves the most culpable denial of God. 1907 Young Woman's Jrnl. Oct. 449/2 The monk saw where this individual honor-seeking would lead any man. 1998 E. C. Bogle Islam (2001) i. 23 Loyalty of the brave and honor-seeking Arab tribesmen usually required assurance that sufficient action could enforce all threats. 2009 Polit. Theory 37 47 He [sc. Aristotle] is not a..Christian who conceives of honor-seeking as indicative of pride. < as lemmas |
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