| 单词 | at all adventure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat all adventure (also adventures) b. at all adventure (also adventures): as chance directs, at random; (hence) whatever the consequences may be, recklessly. In later use also: whatever happens, at all events, in any case. Now rare and archaic. [Compare Anglo-Norman pur tuz aventures, Middle French par toutes aventures for every eventuality (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; this sense is unparalleled in continental French until later: end of the 14th cent.), Middle French, French †à toutes aventures (1534 or earlier), French †à toute aventure (1669), both in sense ‘at random’.] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly into uncertain1382 uncertainlya1387 at adventure (also adventures)c1390 at or on six and sevena1398 auntersa1450 at all adventure (also adventures)1485 by hab or by nab1530 at rovers (rarely rover)c1531 hab or nab1542 hitty-missy1553 rovingly1583 haphazard1600 random1619 unsight, unseena1627 happy-be-lucky1633 cross and pile1648 temerariously1669 happy-go-lucky1672 à tort et à travers1749 randomly1765 chance-medley1822 haphazardly1832 willy-nilly1908 by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > off one's guard [phrase] > rashly or recklessly at all adventure (also adventures)1485 in flagrant blood1614 over shoes, over boots1653 neck or nothing1814 as if there were no tomorrow1847 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1957 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > in any case, at all in any casea1398 algatesc1405 sure1552 in any hand1595 at all adventure (also adventures)1677 at any rate1730 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kij/2 Eche took an hors of them þt were dede which ranne at al aduenture [Fr. Ilz..prirent chescun ung cheval de ceulx qui estoyent mors et qui alloient a leur adventure, et chescun d'eulx mist la main a lespee]. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. F.7 We shall do nothynge folysshly and at all aduentures. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 47 b Plaie as young boyes or scarre crowes do, whiche showte..at all aventures hittie missie. 1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 195 Be contented herein..and be Thankful to him at all adventures. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvii. 341 The effects of Chance and Hazard, of a Mind floating at all Adventures. 1760 J. Jortin Life Erasmus II. 76 At all adventures the yoke was to be shaken off. 1837 W. Ware Lett. Lucius M. Piso II. x. 22 He has thrust his lance hither and thither at all adventures, but, as in the sports of the field, he means no injury. 1908 G. C. Lodge Herakles viii. 151 The countless unambitious multitudes Of mortal men exist at all adventure. < as lemmas |
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