| 单词 | march of mind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarch of mind b. The advancement of knowledge, the dissemination or spread of information or education. Frequently in march of intellect and march of mind (also attributive).Very common (esp. in ironical allusion) in the period following the foundation of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1827. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] growingc1380 profitingc1384 increasec1385 bettering?c1425 progress1457 advancementc1475 service1533 progression1586 increment1609 upgrowinga1618 flowering1629 rise1676 development1756 evolution1796 march1818 headway1832 upgrowth1844 upbuilding1876 1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 38 The march of the human mind is slow.] 1818 J. Keats Let. 3 May (1931) I. 157 It proves there is really a grand march of intellect. 1821 Lady Morgan Italy I. viii. 170 Impediments are now thrown in the march of mind... To retrograde, not to advance, is the order of the times. 1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. p. ii What is ‘the march of intellect’—The mighty march of mind? 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 345 The march-of-mind mechanics, the intellectualized artificers. 1844 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 185 He was quite a march-of-intellect man. 1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 167 And drill the raw world for the march of mind, Till crowds at length be sane and crowns be just. 1883 J. H. Newman Let. 17 Apr. (1979) III. 297 Can there be a greater proof that I am become a liberal, a march-of-mind man, a man of the world? 1909 G. B. Shaw Statem. Evid. before Joint-Comm. Stage Plays 10 Persecutions..are trifles compared to the mischief done by censorships in delaying the general march of enlightenment. 1959 Spectator 11 Sept. 339/3 If we seek the pre-logical and oppose the march of intellect, we are the enemies of science..and the worshippers of myth. < as lemmas |
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