单词 | at one's worst |
释义 | > as lemmasat one's worst c. at one's worst: in the most evil or undesirable state that one can be in; at one's greatest disadvantage; fallen to the lowest degree of badness, illness, or misfortune. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] > at the or one's worst at worsta1398 at the worsta1413 at one's worst1578 1578 A. Golding tr. Seneca Conc. Benefyting vii. xxxi. f. 120 He loueth good men euen when he is at his worst [L. in iniuria]. 1661 Bp. H. King Sermon 8 This Tyrant, as Profane as Zedekiah at his worst. a1712 T. Halyburton Great Concern Salvation (1721) ii. 168 It doth not bespeak Sinners in their lucid Intervals; but, to shew its Power, it reaches them when at their worst. 1845 H. Martineau Let. 15 Mar. in Autobiogr. (1877) III. 245 Your people (never beginning to do their best till they are at their worst). 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 168/1 Unhappily Italian poetry in the age of Milton was almost at its worst. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 11 A dark and tyrannical superstition at its worst. 1885 Spectator 30 May 716/1 No Dickens himself at his very worst has such tiresome repetition. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. vii. 284 Heywood, even at his worst, is a writer whom it is impossible not to like. 1913 Financial Times 18 Mar. Generally speaking, most drivers are at their worst in gear-changing. 1956 D. Gascoyne Night Thoughts 35 You'd look a million dollars at your worst. 2003 I. Banks Raw Spirit (2004) vi. 128 The slightly wacko characters who at their best keep you wide-eyed and laughing and at their worst still make you laugh. < as lemmas |
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