单词 | at all perils |
释义 | > as lemmasat all perils a. As a count noun: a case or cause of danger; something dangerous or harmful. In plural: dangers, risks. †at all perils: at whatever risk, whatever the consequences may be (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of stone-rochec1200 perilc1300 doubta1400 Charybdisc1400 rocka1475 hazard1524 dangera1538 shelve1582 reef1841 kettle-de-benders1872 ankle-breaker1899 danger-spot1905 banana skin1907 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [phrase] > determination regardless of consequences at all perilsc1300 sinka1393 sink or swimc1410 neck or nothing1673 coûte que coûte1715 at all costs1810 Sydney or the bush1924 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > risk of consequences of action > at the risk of at all perilsc1300 at (also in, to, with) the hazard ofa1547 c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) 245 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 226 (MED) Þe wynd hem harlede vp & doun in peryls meni on. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. xi. 26 In perelis of flodis, in perels of theues, in perelis of kyn, in perels of hethen men [etc.]. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 85 (MED) At alle peryles..I aproche hit no nerre. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 44 Knyghtes, the which gooth often many viages on the see or in othire dyuerse perelles. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 95 (MED) The knyght..boldely Putte hym vp be-twen two Perelis: on oone halue, the wode rynnynge watyr so grymly; on the othyr syde, his enemys. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xvv To auenture themselfes on a newe chance and a doubtfull parell. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 181 And we in a Partheniade written of her Maiestie, declaring to what perils vertue is generally subiect, and applying that fortune to her selfe, closed it vp with this Epiphoneme. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Mm2v Any inuasion made by enemies, or such like perill. a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) xii. 16 David..went..to the Sacred Warrs, where, after great renoun and worshipe, [he] woun innumerable perrills with great patience. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xviii. 363 A thousand others who cast themselves upon incredible perils. 1691 in Further Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 141 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 And all others perills burdens dangers and inconveniences..which may anywayes stop trouble or prejudge them in the peaceable possession thereof. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 181 Scarce one in a thousand survives the numerous perils of its youth. 1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 179 Their chiefs, when united by a common peril, could bring eighty thousand men into the field. 1884 Manch. Examiner 3 May 5/1 The certain perils of such an alliance. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child ii. ii. 157 He seemed to himself like a man gazing down an unknown path full of unknown perils. 1950 Foreign Affairs 28 356 Exposing them again to the perils of a life solitary, brutish, nasty, and short. 2002 Economist 6 July (Global Environment Survey section) 7/3 The colder parts of the world may benefit from warming, but they too face perils. < as lemmas |
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