| 单词 | it is fit that |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is fit that a. Befitting the person or the circumstances, agreeable to decorum, becoming, convenient, proper, right. Const. as above. Now only in predicative use, as it is fit that, etc., or to with infinitive. ΘΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] goodOE proper?c1225 felea1250 featc1325 seeming1338 rightful1340 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 duea1393 truea1398 goodly1398 convenienta1400 wella1400 seemc1400 likelyc1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 befalling1542 fittinga1616 c1440 York Myst. i. 65 Fetys and fayre and fygured full fytt. ?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 4 In hyme voyd was nothyng that was nydfull and fytt. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. vi. 14 It were fit you knew him, least..he might at some great and trustie businesse..fayle you. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. ii. 83 Say to them, Thou..Hast not the soft way, which thou do'st confesse Were fit for thee to vse. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 140 What is setled by Custome, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. v. 267 There are Theologicall verities fit for us to know and beleeve. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 74 While he was balancing in his mind what was fit for him to do. 1787 J. Bentham Def. Usury x. 94 It is one thing, to find reasons why it is fit a law should have been made: it is another to [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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