单词 | in review |
释义 | > as lemmasin (also under) review b. As a mass noun: reconsideration, survey, summary. Esp. in in (also under) review. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [adverb] in (also under) review1811 1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. Pref. 6 Review and attention, and even forming a judgment, becomes fatigue. 1811 P. B. Shelley St. Irvyne x. 198 It would unfold a tale of too much horror to trace, in review, the circumstances as then they occurred. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 25 Passing lightly in review What seemed hits and what seemed misses. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Feb. 11/1 Passing under review the war dangers to which Germany and Prussia have been exposed. 1931 Brit. Printer 43 229/1 The author passes in review all the different types. 1991 Public Wks. Nov. 28/1 The ‘Week in Review’ section..contains an article..that describes [etc.]. in (also under) review a. An inspection, examination. Also as a mass noun, in in (also under) review: under inspection or examination. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > instance of inquisitionc1440 investigation1533 sight1592 review1611 percontation1623 evestigation1658 inquirendoa1846 shakedown1914 look-around1967 nosy1990 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adverb] > under investigation in (also under) review1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Revisit A review taken by the King of his Officers accounts. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 44 He..now began afresh to take a review of the Coat or Garment that was given him as he stood by the Cross. View more context for this quotation 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 iv. 23 At the end of May I make a second review, and if I find one branch..stronger than the other, I cut..it off. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §262 (note) This bolt and shackle would necessarily be in review on getting in the bridle. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy viii. 276 Uranus was discovered by Sir W. Herschel in 1781,..in the course of a review of the heavens. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 55 Our good child..passed in review all her gowns, fichus, tags, bobbins, laces, silk stockings, and fallals. 1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators I. 298 As the crowd pass the different combatants in review, none..have more backers than their old favourite. 1949 Amer. Midland Naturalist 41 21 All the duck population came under close review. 1992 E. Yourdon Decline & Fall Amer. Programmer 206 The organization schedules normal reviews (also known as inspections, walkthroughs etc.). < as lemmas |
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