单词 | at the hands of |
释义 | > as lemmasat the hands of ΚΠ c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 29 Leorniað æt me. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 28 Anymað ðæt pund æt hym. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 33 Þu most biȝeten milce et þine drihtene. c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 3103 At the lady the ryng he hase. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2697 Mai he no leue at hire taken. a1400 Chester Pl. 194 Receive my sonne nowe at me. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 484 Thai ask mercy, bot nocht at ȝow. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. ii. Argt. Quhou Eneas socht answer at Apollyne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith x. 7 They axed no question at her, but let her go. 1618 M. Baret Hipponomie Pref. Nature [hath] giuen to the Ant, such prouidence, that Man is wished to learne at her. 1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 38 For that purpose, we must inquire at nature. 1883 J. Sime Hist. All-Israel vii. 170 He was making a similar inquiry..at other maidens. at 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. < as lemmas |
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