| 单词 | in course of time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (the) course of time (b) in (the) course of time: after a period of time; as time goes by. ΘΠ the world > time > [adverb] > during or in the course of (a certain time) asOE in the meantime of1447 wherein1535 therein1539 for long, for a or the time1564 in the course of1653 inside of1839 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse sig. B.iv How he was in course of time, from such estate vnsold. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iii. 141 Aire into Fire doth passe..Aire into Water too..And yet this permutation cannot be, But in the course of Time. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 165 In the course of time they shall be exposed from the dilapidations of the mountain. 1833 T. P. Thompson Idioms of Amer. in Exercises (1842) III. 470 There are many Americanisms which in the course of time will work their way into the language of England. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 51 In the course of time..[it] may be introduced. 1941 H. L. Mencken Diary 27 July (1989) 157 The Hollins street neighborhood is slowly going downhill, and in the course of time it is bound to be a slum. 1991 A. Hourani Hist. Arab Peoples ii. vii. 114 In course of time some dynasties came to accept all four madhhabs, or schools of law, as being equally valid. 2016 N. Shahar in A. Shiloah Performance of Jewish & Arab Music in Israel i. 28 In the course of time the Arad Festival became a magnet for secondary school students. < as lemmas |
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