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单词 of bad example
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of bad (also ill) example
P7. of bad (also ill) example: (of a thing or action) that is sinful, immoral, or otherwise undesirable, and likely to be imitated; that is or is likely to be a bad influence. Obsolete. [Originally after Middle French de mauvais exemple (late 14th cent.; French de mauvais exemple); compare classical Latin malī exemplī.]
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1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xiii. 773 He absteined not from the action of many things of yll example [Fr. de mauuais exemple, It. di pessimo exemplo].
1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer vi. 407 By actions man tempteth when either by woordes or deedes of bad example they alure other to sinne and euill.
1749 J. J. Hornyold Real Princ. Catholicks 324 Scandal therefore, is a Sin of bad Example, which is apt to draw or induce other Persons into Sin.
1808 R. Southey tr. Chron. Cid xi. xxvii. 361 It is a thing of bad example for Monasteries and Religioners.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 57 Some people will say these are little things; they are not; they are of bad example.
1916 J. A. Ballentine Law Dict. Words, Terms, Abbrev. & Phrases 405 Although anything may not be evil in itself, yet if it is of bad example, it is not to be done.
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