| 单词 | in the upshot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (rarely at, †upon) the upshot a. in (rarely at, †upon) the upshot, in the end, at last. †Also const. of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > in the end or at last at lastlOE at the lastlOE afinec1325 in the lasta1382 for conclusionc1386 an-endc1390 the lasta1400 in (the) finea1500 at conclusiona1513 in conclusiona1513 at long last1523 at length1525 in (rarely at, upon) the upshot1577 in the final (also last) analysis1786 in the death1958 at the end of the day1974 (a) (b)1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 118 It was probable that the King of Spaine would doe something now at the vpshot.a1628 J. Preston Mount Ebal (1638) 48 They shall pay deere for it at the last upshot.1714 A. Pope Corr. 13 July (1956) I. 236 At the upshot, after a life of perpetual application, you reflect [etc.].1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 81 To apprehend him for the purpose of trying him, and probably at the upshot killing him.(c)1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Upon the upshot,..aprés tout.1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 145 Malice, Spite, and Envy, are always Self-Murderers upon the Upshot.1796 C. Smith Marchmont I. 207 Upon the upshot it appears..that he was deeper in for it than any body thought for.1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. vii. ii. 28 He..killed them [sc. deer] with his hands in the vpshot of that exercise and end of his recreation. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xiv. 401 A cruell commaundement,..but yet needfull, as afterwards it was well seene in the end and upshot of all. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 130 We shall in the upshot see them remove mountaines. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo 695 We may be sure that all come to this in the Up shot. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vii. xxiv. 188 In the upshot I apprehend you will find it impracticable to destroy all Sense of Religion. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 74 The service I may do will rise to the same amount in the upshot. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. v. 145 Good for the higher faculties themselves in the upshot. 1854 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 197 In the upshot, this conclusion eventuated (to speak Yankeeishly), that, purely on principles of..universal philanthropy, could Coleridge have meditated..the insult. < as lemmas |
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