单词 | in measure as |
释义 | > as lemmasin measure as b. in measure as [compare French à mesure que (1379 in Middle French)] : in proportion as. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in proportion to partlike1531 in measure as?1545 ?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. C.ii Spende in mesure accordyng as thou hast. 1789 W. Cowper Let. 16 Aug. (1982) III. 311 [Fame] is a commodity that daily sinks in value, in measure as the consummation of all things approaches. 1894 G. Moore Esther Waters 332 His irritability increased in measure as he perceived the medicine was doing him no good. 1904 J. Rhoades Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi xlvii. 269 Who part drank thereof, part spilled, Waxed partly luminous, and partly dark, And more or less in measure as they drank Or spilled it. 1977 D. Weissbort Soundings 32 I pray that I will grow wise In measure as my folly exhausts itself. < as lemmas |
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