| 单词 | a great way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa great (now usually good) way d. figurative. Chiefly in adverbial phrases indicating the degree or extent to which something is the case, as a great (now usually good) way, (by) a long way, all the way.Frequently in established phrases, e.g. to go a long way, to go all the way (see Phrases 1a(b)), to have come a long way at Phrases 7k(b), to be a long way from at Phrases 7k(c), all the way from —— to (also †unto) —— at Phrases 7e.Earliest in at the least way at leastway n., but equivalent uses are found earlier in the genitive (see Phrases 3). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a large extent in (also a) great party1372 a great wayc1405 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far great quantityc1330 far forthly1362 by farc1380 well awayc1390 by half?a1400 by mucha1450 far (and) away1546 by a great sort1579 to stand head and shoulders abovea1683 (by) a long way1741 by a jugful1831 by all odds1832 by a long, damn, etc., sight1834 out and away1834 (by) a long chalk1835 by chalks1835 by long chalks1835 by a street1886 a whole lot1886 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) 966 Do thow thy deuoir, at the leeste weye. 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxijv Compare that chefe Apostle vnto Paul, and he is founde a great waye inferior. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 106 Heere, as I point my Sword, the Sunne arises, Which is a great way growing on the South. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 100 I loue him for his sake, And yet I..Thinke him a great way foole. View more context for this quotation 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 484 Why, forsooth, so much ado, why such a vast way about, to obtain a few Verses? 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. i. 21 A Dogmatist in Religion is not a long way off from a Bigot. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. 83 He used to say, the School itself initiated him a great way . View more context for this quotation 1830 Amer. Anecd. II. cclxxxv. 84 I always had a prodigious opinion of doctor Franklin, as the usefulest man we ever had among us, by a long way. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vi. 94 He is more of a gentleman by a long way than most. 1881 Argosy 31 47 I don't think I'm a great way better..I've been here more than forty year, and I've grown old with hard work. 1922 S.C.A.A. News June 7/2 There is still a long way to go before all the cases of tuberculosis are discovered, reported and brought under care. a1942 J. S. Neilson Autobiogr. (1978) 60 We were a good way better off than some of our Southern neighbours. 1973 ‘N. Carter’ Spanish Connection x. 112 I'm saying I can't buy your story all the way, Corelli. 2010 Independent 15 June (Viewspaper section) 6/6 Football is by a long way the most popular sport on the planet. < as lemmas |
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