| 单词 | at the hand of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the hand(s) of (b) at the hand(s) of, at a person's hand(s). extracted from handn. (i) From the hands of; from. Used to express the immediate source, after such verbs as receive, take, find, seek, require, etc. (see at prep. 11). Now somewhat rare.In quot. OE2 in the Old English phrase onfōn æt bisceopes handa, lit. ‘to receive (a person) at bishop's hand’, i.e. ‘to stand sponsor for (a person) at confirmation’. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [phrase] > from the hands of at the hand(s) ofOE OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xi. 96 Ða wæs sum wilde hrem gewunod þæt he..gefette his bigleofan æt benedictes handum. OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) i. xii. §6. 304 He nah mid rihte oðres mannes to onfonne æt fulluhte ne æt bisceopes handa. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9261 To wurrþenn fullhtnedd att hiss hannd. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 56 He strake bataillis agayn xij crownyt kingis..and lete thame litill wyn at his hand. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job ii. 10 Seing we haue receaued prosperite at the honde of God. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. xxi. 622 It was very Dilatorie for the Justices of Peace, to take those Wages, at the handes of the Shirife. 1605 W. Temple Logicall Anal. 20 Select Psalmes 133 He soliciteth at the hands of the Lord a present recomforting and reioying of his people. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 288 The King would take it very ill at their hands. 1670 L. Meager Eng. Gardener 191 In the first place you are to endeavour to be furnished with such sorts of Seed as are of best account..either at the hand of Friend, Gardener, or Seed-man. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. iii. 129 The many little Favours received..at his Hands. View more context for this quotation 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. v. 37 If what is apprehended at the hands of God is barely the not receiving pleasure, the pain is of the privative class. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. vi. 122 In what cases..a succedaneous security shall be accepted at the hands of the plaintiff. 1893 F. W. Maitland in H. D. Traill Social Eng. ii. 165 He had just received the Christian faith at the hands of Roman missionaries. 1918 Monthly Bull. Calif. State Comm. Hort. May 158 If the service required at his hands is a proper one the next application will meet with a different reception. (ii) With reference to suffering, ill-treatment, etc.: because of the malign action of (the person or persons specified); through the agency of. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iv. 207 Se wælreowa Domicianus on ðam ylcan geare wearð acweald æt his witena handum. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 157/1 in Chron. I Suche iniuries as shee daylye susteyned at the handes of his concubines. 1654 P. Heylyn Theologia Veterum vi. 182 He suffered at the hands of God his Father, and of men. 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans x. 164 It was through the cruel Usage that I suffered at their Hands, that I was forc'd to do what I did. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 202 Subject..to continual depredations at the hands of the Bedouins. 1912 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 17 754 He secretly consoled his wife for her ill-treatment at the hands of the patriarchess by saying that the latter was old and barked at everybody. 1976 A. Haley Roots (1977) lxxxiv. 432 She remembered that all of this had happened to her at the hands of Massa Waller. 2008 J. B. Helfgott Criminal Behavior v. 147 Most people have a much higher likelihood of dying from their own bad habits than they do at the hands of a serial killer. at the hand of ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > at one's service or ready to serve [phrase] at a person's handa1382 at the hand ofa1382 at a person's retinuec1400 to (also at) (a person's) retenance?a1430 at (a person's) servicec1485 at hand unto1613 the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > close to a person > in attendance at a person's handa1382 at an inch1567 at inches1567 at hand unto1613 in pocket1751 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 370) (1850) 1 Chron. xviii. 17 Forsothe the sonys of Dauid [were] first at the kyngis hond. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 2066 Al the gretest of that lond Because of mede were at his hond. a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 41 I hard..Ane hie speiche at my hand. 1539 Bible (Great) 1 Chron. xxv. f. 172 All these also were at the hande of theyr father syngyng in the house of the lorde. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 136 The Gibeonites..were at hand unto the Levites in the meanest offices about the..Temple. 1678 B. Camfield Theol. Disc. Angels vi. 55 They [sc. Angels] are at hand unto Believers, saith S. Basil, if we drive them not away. 1764 C. Churchill Gotham 9 The fond Father sits on t'other side.., whilst at his hand Nurse stands interpreter. 1824 ‘Cincinnatus Caledonius’ Lights & Shadows Sc. Char. & Scenery 92 A stout looking rustic stood at his hand. 1897 Med. & Surg. Reporter 3 Apr. 444/1 The literature at my hand was so meager that I could get little help. 1914 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 675/1 The woman at my hand is sure to cry with enthusiasm: ‘Do you really know him?’ 2006 N. French Losing You (2009) 149 I was sitting in that warm little room, an untouched mug of coffee at my hand. < as lemmas |
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