| 单词 | in good working order |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin good (also perfect, poor, etc.) working order 2. The present condition of something, esp. with regard to its ability to carry out its intended function. Also in extended use of a person. Chiefly with modifying word, as in in good (also perfect, poor, etc.) working order. Cf. running order n. 2b. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] statec1225 estatec1230 farea1325 casec1325 beingc1330 degreec1330 condition1340 suita1375 stature?a1513 existence1530 affection?1543 existency1587 subsistence1597 consistence1626 subsistency1628 tone1641 consistency1690 attitude1744 situation1765 working order1784 faring1811 status1837 figure1858 1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. III: Pt. i. 133 They [sc. oxen] are fed with straw in winter, and with hay in spring,..which upholds them in good working order. 1841 Mechanics' Mag. 20 Mar. 236/2 The engine had previously been in very bad working order. 1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. xviii. 178 They at once began to get the militia into good working order. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts xiii Mark took care that his appetite, usually in good working order, should be deranged by the emotions of the morning. 1915 Fatherland 6 Jan. 15/2 The chief trouble in the first Balkan War was due to the poor working order of the commissariat. 1977 M. Frayn Donkeys' Years i. 3 ‘How are you, and so on?’..‘Well, all right, Christopher. Not too bad. In quite good working order. And you?’ 1990 Guardian (Nexis) 19 May Descending an escalator in perfect working order, I took a spotlessly clean train to San Babila. 2006 B. Pilch Windows on Life iii. 23 Outside a field kitchen was seen in splendid working order. < as lemmas |
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