单词 | nominated |
释义 | nominatedadj. 1. a. Selected for or appointed to a position, office, or duty. Cf. nominate adj. 2. Now chiefly Politics.In later use frequently contrasted with elected. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed by nomination nominate?1457 nominated1548 nominative1660 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxlviij Many honorable personages..sailed into Fraunce, for the conueyaunce of the nominated Quene, into the realme of England. 1693 A. Wood Diary 25 Nov. in Life & Times (1894) III. 436 The new nominated warden of Merton Coll. 1825 G. Soane Faustus iii. ii. 45 Brief in stature and intellect—he is well nominated. a1856 H. Sewell Jrnl. (1980) I. 72 A Legislative Council of sixteen nominated members [was] summoned to meet at the seat of government in Auckland. 1892 H. Parkes 50 Years making Austral. Hist. II. 264 To appoint fifteen new members to the nominated Council. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 648/1 A Superior Council, composed partly of elected and partly of nominated members, including representatives of the Mahommedans. 1985 J. Morris Last Lett. from Hav v. 40 Hav kept its old Russian forms of government, but with an elected instead of a nominated assembly. b. Originally Australian (in later use also Canadian). Designating a person proposed as a candidate for (esp. assisted) immigration by a resident of the receiving country. Cf. nominate v. 2c. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1873 A. Trollope Austral. & N.Z. II. 138 Nominated emigrants would remain—emigrants nominated by friends in the colony. 1912 Truth (Sydney) 4 Aug. 6/5 ‘Nominated’ immigrants have part of their passage paid by the State of New South Wales. 1974 Internat. Migration Rev. 8 20 Any sense of an optimum level of immigration [to Canada] will vary with unemployment, the mix of independent, sponsored, or nominated immigrants.., and other related considerations. 1991 D. P. Whitaker Australia (Electronic ed.) iii Immigration was furthered by..Australian public assistance to selected and nominated immigrants and refugees. c. nominated Parliament n. British Political History = Little Parliament n. at little adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1d. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament > specific great Parliamentc1450 Good Parliament1580 addle parliament1614 giunto1641 junto1641 Unlearned Parliament1643 Long Parliament1646 rump?1653 Short Parliament1653 lay Parliament1655 Barebone's Parliament1657 Rump Parliament1659 Little Parliamenta1675 Long Parliament1678 Pensioner Parliament1678 Pensioned Parliament1681 Bluestocking Parliamenta1683 Pension Parliament1682 Pensionary Parliament1690 marvellous Parliament?1706 rumple1725 lack-learning Parliament1765 unreported Parliament1839 Cavalier Parliament1849 Addled Parliament1857 merciless Parliament1875 wonderful Parliament1878 nominated Parliament1898 1898 Dict. National Biogr. LV. 238/1 He was a member of several..committees on English affairs, including that appointed by the nominated parliament of 1653. 1901 S. R. Gardiner Hist. Commonw. (1903) III. xxxv. 175 One of the advanced members of the Nominated Parliament. 1981 Comments on Etymol. 15 Nov. (Suppl.) 11 The Commonwealth had a Nominated Parliament and Charles II a Pension or Pensioners' Parliament, the latter running from 8 May 1661 to 24 January 1679. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] mereeOE athelOE couthOE brightOE namecundc1175 outnumenc1175 noble?c1225 ketec1275 sheenc1275 tirfulc1275 glorious13.. losedc1305 of great renownc1330 glorifieda1340 worthly or worthy in wonea1350 clearc1374 nameda1382 solemna1387 renomeda1393 famous?a1400 renomé?a1400 renowneda1400 notedc1400 of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430 celebrate?1440 namely1440 famosec1449 honourable?c1450 notedc1450 parent?c1450 glorificatec1460 heroical?a1475 insignite?a1475 magnific1490 well-fameda1492 exemie1497 singular1497 preclare1503 magnificential1506 laureate1508 illustre?a1513 illustred1512 magnificent1513 preclared1530 grand1542 celebrated1549 heroicc1550 lustrantc1550 magnifical1557 illustrate1562 expectablec1565 ennobled1571 laurel1579 nominated1581 famosed1582 perspicuous1582 big1587 famed1595 uplifted1596 illustrious1598 celebrousc1600 luculent1600 celebrious1604 fameful1605 famoused1606 renownful1606 bruitful1609 eminent1611 insignious1620 clarousa1636 far-fameda1640 top1647 grandee1648 signalized1652 noscible1653 splendid1660 voiced1661 gloried1671 laurelled1683 distinguished1714 distinct1756 lustrious1769 trumpeted1775 spiry1825 world-famous1832 galactic1902 tycoonish1958 mega1987 1581 B. Rich Don Simonides I. 12 Is my chastitie an eye sore to our nominated Maides of Ciuill? 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 1 Such of them as were thought the chiefe and most nominated opposers on the other side. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 97 The most nominated Fathers of the Church. 3. That has been specified; previously determined. ΚΠ 1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face iv. 49 Nominate the number of strides a member of the opposing team must take to reach the peg; he can challenge you to meet the nominated number of strides. 1988 S. Afr. Panorama Apr. 7/1 Products are tested..for compliance with any nominated specification. 1998 What Cellphone Aug. 10/4 Each family, or firm member, can have their own calling circle of 10 nominated numbers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1548 |
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