单词 | in the face of the sun |
释义 | > as lemmasin the face of the sun d. in the face of: in the sight or hearing of, in the presence of. Also figurative. in the face of the sun, in the face of day, etc.: openly. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] > in or into a person's presence in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in one's (or the) visage1430 under a person's nosea1450 in the face of1482 in the wing of1579 before one's nosec1604 to one's nosea1616 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > clearly visible > in full view in view?c1475 in the face of1482 on view1800 to the fore1842 1482 in J. H. Ramsay Bamff Charters (1915) 31 The quhilk mariagh salbe..endit in the faise of haly kyrk. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) ii. v. sig. biii/2 Thei [sc. angels]..ben stable in the face of god. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 38 §2 Mariages..contracte and solemnised in the face of the church. 1572 J. Sadler tr. Vegetius Foure Bks. Martiall Policye iii. xiv. f. 39v Let the rankes be so set in araie..that they maye be full in the face of our enemies. a1618 W. Bradshaw in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. xc. 8 Sins..committed in deepest darkness are all one to him as if they were done in the face of the sun. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 248 Even the most carelesse boyes will be affraid to offend in the face of the monitor. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 283 If the contempt be committed in the face of the court, the offender may be instantly apprehended and imprisoned. 1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 277 She does this in the fair face of Day. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 79 You will forfeit, in the face of all men, the character of faithful ministers of God. 1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 509 They broke open private houses..in the face of day. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 157 You proclaim in the face of Hellas that you are a Sophist. 1995 Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 24/1 Dearly estranged, we are gathered here today..in the face of this congregation, to sunder this Man from this Woman in Divorce. < as lemmas |
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