| 单词 | in some measure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin some (also a) measure d. in some (also a) measure: to a certain extent, to some degree, somewhat. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to some (small) extent in (also by, with) measurec1225 in mannerc1425 somewhat1542 in some sort1556 in some (also a) measure1600 by somewhat1653 something of a(n)1711 (a) sort of, o', a, sorter1790 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 23 I will condole, in some measure . View more context for this quotation 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife ii. i. 29 I am contented to make him pay for his scurrillity; money makes up in a measure all other wants in Men. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 188 To soften them a little, and, in some Measure, to please them. 1775 J. Jekyll Let. 29 Mar. (1894) 2 We have Gallicised in some measure already. 1837 E. B. Barrett Lett. to M. R. Mitford (1983) I. 55 The malady is called a bilious fever, brought on in a measure by cold. 1871 S. Smiles Character i. 8 Goodness in a measure implies wisdom. 1929 J. B. Miner tr. H. Piéron Princ. Exper. Psychol. iii. 54 These instincts are generally designated by a special name..which expresses in a measure the imperious character of the tendencies; we say that they are needs. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) xviii. 227 All [African nations] retained, in some measure, the languages of the colonizers as languages of wider communication. < as lemmas |
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