| 单词 | man proposes, but god disposes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMan proposes, (but) God disposes Esp. in proverb Man proposes, (but) God disposes [translating ‘Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit,’ A Kempis De Imitatione i. xix] .extracted from disposev.man proposes, (but) God disposes a. intransitive. Originally: to form an intention or design. Later more generally: to propose a course of action; to make proposals. Contrasted with dispose (see dispose v. 7a), chiefly in the proverb man proposes, (but) God disposes.In quot. 1340 proposent is probably an error for proposeþ. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (intransitive)] purveyc1300 propose1340 castc1380 worka1393 purposea1400 devisec1400 becast1563 plot1607 factitate1616 project1631 to cast, lay a scheme1704 plan1776 to plan on1914 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 180 Ase god zayþ ine his spelle, nou [h]y leueþ, nou hi misleueþ nou hi wylleþ, nou hi ne wylleþ, nou hi proposent [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues ben in good purpos; Fr. proposent], nou hit is betere. c1500 Melusine (1895) 265 As the wyse man saith, ‘the fole proposeth & god dysposeth’. 1567 E. Hake tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ i. xix. f. 21v For man in deede doth propose [1504 W. Atkynson tr. intendethe; L. proponit], but God doth dispose. 1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes 254 At Athens, Wise Men did propose, and Fooles did dispose. 1664 Advice of Father; or, Counsel to Child iii. 139 I propose, it is his [sc. my Father's] Prerogative to dispose. 1778 H. L. Thrale Diary 20 Apr. in Thraliana (1942) I. 280 But Man proposes Alas! and God disposes. 1869 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 39 236 If I could complete that trip in about two months, I should have time enough to go up the Limpopo to Zoutpansburg..; but as the sequel shows, ‘Man proposes but God disposes’. 1898 Daily News 20 Dec. 5/3 But, ‘Man proposes, God disposes’—how everlastingly true is that old saying of the good Thomas à Kempis! 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive iv. 88 In diplomacy one can only propose, never dispose. That is up to God, don't you think? 1980 Times 29 Jan. 17/8 The President proposes, the Congress disposes. 1999 Sociol. Forum 14 712 Little N may propose but only Big N can dispose. < as lemmas |
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