| 单词 | at a —— rate | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a (also this) —— rate  d.    at a (also this) —— rate: in a —— way or manner. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1630    Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxi  				At how easie a rate doe these Creatures liue that are fed with rest. 1632    P. Massinger Emperour of East  iii. iv. sig. G4v  				I embrace it As a graue aduertisement, and vow heereafter Neuer to signe petitions at this rate. 1669    Ld. Orrery Parthenissa VI.  iii. vii. 219  				[He] used me at a Rate, which might have assured me he would deny me nothing. 1702    R. L'Estrange tr.  Josephus Jewish Antiq.  xiii. xviii, in  Wks. 369  				Let them treat their King..at never so Course a rate, the Multitude would be sure to side with them. 1707    I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs  ii. 110  				Dear Lord! and shall we ever lye At this poor dying rate? 1710    E. Ward Nuptial Dialogues & Deb. I. v. 64  				Should I presume to live at this high Rate, I ought to have, at least, a Lord's estate. 1722    D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 150  				A grave and sober Man, and not pleased with their lying at this loose Rate the first Night. 1755    S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Boarder  				A tabler; one that eats with another at a settled rate. 1864    T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV.  xvii. ii. 514  				Military preparation does lag at a shameful rate. 1884    W. Besant Dorothy Forster I. ii. 51  				They lived at a great rate: their house was always open for anyone who chose; their stables were full of horses; their cellars full of wine. < as lemmas | 
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