| 单词 | at a venture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a venture c. at a venture, at random, by chance, without due consideration or thought; = adventure n. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > by chance by perchance1495 at a venture1517 per accidens1528 at hazard (also hazards)a1533 at random1543 by occasion1562 at range1568 by the way1572 by (also at) (a) peradventurea1586 hit or miss1609 at the by1611 hob-nob1660 hit and miss1897 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > careless or heedless [phrase] > careless or thoughtless at a venture1517 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) iv. 21 How at a venture and by sodayne chaunce He met with fame by fortunes purueyaunce. c1590 Sir Thomas More (1911) iv. i. 157 Then, good Inclination, beginne at a venter. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 15 But if the things aforesaid be not..weighed or marked, but be sold at a venture. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xxii. 34 A certaine man drew a bow at a venture . View more context for this quotation 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 141 'Tis possible, that I may several times by guess, or at a venture, hit upon any number. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 252 They should rather fire at a Venture. 1780 W. Cowper Let. 5 June (1979) I. 345 I never in my Life begun a Letter more at a Venture than the present. 1802 E. Forster tr. Arabian Nights I. 220 As I no longer knew where I was, I continued swimming at a venture. 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew II. ii. 34 ‘And your mother was an Indian,’ said Lady Jane, drawing her bow at a venture. < as lemmas |
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