单词 | in and of |
释义 | > as lemmasin and of 10. With a reflexive pronoun: apart from any relation to others; in a person's or thing's own essence or nature. Also in in and of preceding a reflexive (chiefly itself or themselves), used for emphasis (cf. of prep. 11b).In quot. OE: without external cause or intervention; cf. of prep. 11b. ΚΠ OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. xv. 134 Ne byð næfre Romeburuh toworpen fram hæþenum þeodum, ac for hreonessum & ligetslehtum, for þodenum & eorðstyrenum heo byð geswenced, þæt heo weornað & brosnaþ in [OE Hatton on] hire sylfre [L. marcescet in semetipsa]. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3041 Iesu crist Iss..soþ godd inn himm sellfenn. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 237 Þe sacrement þet is y-mad..be þe hand of þe kueade ministre ne is naȝt lesse worþ ine him-zelue. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark iv. 17 Thei han nat roote in hem silf. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 461 (MED) We schulde..neiþer greeue oure euen cristen, neiþer lyue intemperatly in vs silf. a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) l. 328 (MED) Bot in her-self sche sal be law. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste Epist. St. Jhon Prol. sig. A.vi The scripture abydeth pure in hyr self. 1581 J. Baker Lect. vpon xii. Articles Christian Faith xii. sig. Ȝ.viv If the Lord God do conteine in himselfe ye fulnesse of all felicitie & good things, then we, hauing ye fruition of ye Lord, shal desire nothing besides him. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty (1662) 178 Suppose Artificial beautifying of the face be not in it self absolutely unlawful. 1695 E. Baynard in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 19 Though the proper Coats of the Veins and Arteries seem to be indolent in themselves, yet those thin Membranes which obside them are most exquisite of Sense. 1711 R. Mossom Summary of Divine Truths ii. 11 As the Sun is in it self most visible, so is God in himself most intelligible. 1767 F. Warner Hist. Rebellion & Civil-war Ireland ii. 77 Forasmuch as we are in ourselves very sensible, that these storms blow aloft, and are very likely to be carried by the vehemency of the Protestant party into our kingdom of Ireland. 1781 S. Saunders Descr. Curiosities Glastonbury 56 In and of itself, the highest commendation it deserves, is to own, ‘We know but in part!’ 1807 W. Bridgman tr. Paraphr. Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle ii. vi. 67 All these are called base..because they are base in and of themselves. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. iii. §7 Of things absolutely or in themselves. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vii. 189 Neither originality, therefore, nor change..are ever to be sought in themselves. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 739 The story may be true in itself. 1935 N.Y. Times 16 Dec. 22/1 He exists in and of Himself, and by means of prayer and through the sacraments, He has given us power to know Him as an objective reality. 1983 M. S. Peck People of Lie (1985) ii. 36 A belief that thoughts in and of themselves may cause events to occur. 2016 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 15 Sept. Having newshounds verify assertions does not in itself untangle complicated issues. < as lemmas |
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