| 单词 | much-to-be-pitied |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmuch-to-be-pitied c. With adjectives composed of to be and a past participle, as much-to-be-admired, much-to-be-lamented, much-to-be-pitied, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1656 in R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 231 (title) On the much to be lamented death of that gallant antiquary and great master both of law and learning, John Selden Esquire. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 175 Although there be many grafts of the old thorn engrafted, yet all (save this) degenerate from this much-to-be-admired budding and blossoming at this time. 1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 180 This so much-to-be-admired eternal Providence. 1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 342/1 Mrs. Beebe is probably alone in her much-to-be-lamented duplicity. 1883 H. James in Partial Portraits (1888) The much-to-be-pitied Lady Mason. 1898 T. Haydon Sporting Reminisc. 105 A most marked and much-to-be-admired characteristic of our friends. 1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement (1974) xi. 113 The much-to-be-preferred atmosphere of Queen's Bench. < as lemmas |
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