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单词 at peace
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at peace
P3. at peace: in a state of concord or friendliness; not at war or at variance (with a country, a person, oneself, etc.); in a state of quietness or serenity. at a person's peace: in a state of friendliness with a person (cf. Phrases 8) (obsolete).
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the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > in a state of quietness and tranquillity [phrase]
at peacea1400
at rest1847
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > at peace or not at variance [phrase]
at onea1300
at (also in) unityc1391
at peacea1400
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > at peace or not at variance [phrase] > with someone
at peacea1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 4074 (MED) Fro þis tyme forþ..Wiþ ioseph were þei neuer at pees [a1400 Vesp. saght].
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 88 (MED) Þei obliged þam to gyue Fourti þousand pound at his pes to lyue.
a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 3538 Lete us stonde at on acord, At pes wythowtyn ende.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 279 Thai chargyt him to mak Wallace at pes.
1560 T. Becon Common-pl. Holy Script. in Wks. iii. 68 To set at peace by hym through the bloude of hys crosse both thinges in heauen and thinges in earth.
1568 Bible (Bishops') Job xxii. 21 Reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace.
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) lii. 173 Being so at peace with God, we have peace with our selves.
1661 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1842) III. 448 For our private matters in the Colledge, this twelvemoneth we have been at peace.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 21 The Inns-of-Court were all shut up... Every Body was at peace; there was no Occasion for Lawyers.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 46 In short, this dev'lish thing, with its impetuous girds and itching fires, led me such a life, that I could neither, night or day, be at peace with it or myself.
1853 A. J. Morris Business i. 7 Those who are never at peace but when they are at war.
1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 115 He is at peace with this world and the next!
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 465/1 The fitting out, arming or equipping..of any vessel, which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace.
1933 J. Bridie Sleeping Clergyman i. iii Sit at peace and enjoy the sunshine.
1994 N.Y. Times 20 Feb. i. 36/3 Now Washington and Moscow are at peace, and the supercollider is just one of the scientific enterprises likely to fall victim to the end of the cold war.
2001 Independent 15 May ii. 2 Quiet people..drifting off to friends' homes to ‘chill out’ or just strolling through the dawn at peace with themselves and the world.
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