| 单词 | man for all seasons |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman for all seasons man for all seasons n. see season n. 13c; so in (sometimes humorous) ad hoc phrases modelled on this. ΚΠ 1973 Listener 29 Nov. 745/1 He [sc. John Kennedy] was a man for all seasons, a man for all people. 1975 Times 3 May 14/2 As many-sided as a diamond, Mr Trinder has proved himself a man for all occasions. 1983 N.Y. Times 16 Mar. 132/1 ‘I will be the Commissioner for good times for people, plants and animals,’ Mr. Stein said, ‘I will be a man for all species.’ 1990 Newsweek 12 Mar. 89/1 He became ‘a man for all times’, a rare example of the strengths—and limits—of moral statecraft. < as lemmas |
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