单词 | as against |
释义 | > as lemmasas against P3. as against: as opposed to, in contrast with. See as adv. and conj. Phrases 3.Replacing sense A. 9a to distinguish more clearly from other senses of against. ΚΠ 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Z3/2 Distresse infinite is without limitation vntill the partie come: as against a Iurie that refuseth to appeare super certificatione Assisae. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 508 Though, as against the rightful executor or administrator, he cannot plead such payment, yet it shall be allowed him in mitigation of damages. 1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 6 The rights of laymen as against priests..depend..upon his judgment. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Trains are still called puff-puffs or puffers as against the American..choo-choo. 1992 New Perspectives Q. Spring 19/2 Most of the intellectuals..of the so-called ‘68 generation’..leaned heavily in favor of modernization as against the kind of chauvinist Japanization put forward by people like Takeshi Umehara. < as lemmas |
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