| 单词 | in the wilderness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the wilderness c. in the wilderness (in allusion to Numbers xiv. 33), (a) of a politician, political party, etc.: out of office; (b) gen. unrecognized, out of favour. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > by virtue of office [phrase] > out of office in the wilderness1930 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > in obscurity [phrase] without a name1594 in the wilderness1966 1930 Economist 2 Aug. 220/1 For Charles X represented a Restoration of the Ancien Régime..which had ‘learnt nothing and forgotten nothing’ during a quarter of a century in the wilderness. 1958 Spectator 6 June 719/3 Parties should liquidate their failures and frustrations in the wilderness, not in power. 1966 Listener 5 May 661/2 Richard Baker asked Bernard Keeffe why Mahler, so long in the wilderness as far as England was concerned, is now a box-office success. 1969 Listener 3 July 12/3 Carmichael has now accepted a junior post in the Panther hierarchy and Rap Brown and Jim Foreman have been driven into the wilderness. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 17 Nov. 22/3 If he fails to gain the title he lost to Cain on a cut eye decision, it could mean months in the wilderness and set him back even further. 1984 Times 1 Aug. 17/2 After months in the wilderness, which has seen the price slip from a high of 951/ 2p to a low of 651/ 2p shares of Marley..is [sic] back in favour with the institutions. < as lemmas |
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