| 单词 | at one's disposal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (in) one's disposal 4. Power or right to dispose of, make use of, or deal with as one pleases; control, command, management: usually in at (in) one's disposal. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > authority to deal with as one pleases dispositionc1374 devotion1558 dispose1594 disposure1606 disposal1630 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) viii. 82 My Father being dead, and I at my owne disposall. 1667 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. 7 Though the biggest portions of our felicity be at our own disposals. a1699 W. Temple Ess. Different Conditions of Life in Wks. (1731) I. 308 A Man in Publick Affairs, is like one at Sea; never in his own Disposal, but in that of Winds and Tides. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 154. ⁋3 A very pretty young Lady, in her own Disposal. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 216 The lords, who had the disposal of these female heiresses in marriage. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 84 Sufficient funds having been..placed at the disposal of the Government. < as lemmas |
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