| 单词 | master-passion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaster-passion master-passion n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > controlling passion master-passion1639 1639 L. Carlell Arviragus & Philicia ii. i. sig. E6 Never can that love grow up to such a pitch, to injure friendship, the master passion. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 121 One Master Passion in the Breast, Like Aaron's Serpent, swallows up the rest. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol ii. 65 I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off..until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you. 1891 E. Arnold Light of World v. 224 Passions o'ercome, when master-passion springs To serve and love and succour. 1904 W. C. Sprague Felice Constant xx. 277 Shall we be cruel—heartless? Ah, let those who have possessed the consuming master passion answer. 1982 B. R. Nelson Western Polit. Thought ii. 44 The despotic ruler eliminates wisdom from the soul entirely and subordinates everything to the satiation of a master passion. < as lemmas |
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