| 单词 | at one's disposition |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (in, etc.) one's disposition b. Power of disposing of; disposal, control: esp. in phrase at (in, etc.) one's disposition (= disposal n. 4). ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > authority to deal with as one pleases dispositionc1374 devotion1558 dispose1594 disposure1606 disposal1630 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 2 Aprochen gan the fatal destyne That loues hath in disposicioun. 1406 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 13 At the dysposicion of myn Executours. 1529 Cdl. Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 12 Yf I may have the free gyft and dyssposycion of the benefyces. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Wks. (1731) I. 110 The Lieutenants of Ireland since the Duke of Ormond's Time have had little in their Disposition here. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 255 The choice of action or of repose is no longer in our disposition. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey iii. 31 [He] had at his disposition no inconsiderable sums of money. < as lemmas |
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