| 单词 | of moment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof (great, little, any, etc.) moment 5. As a mass noun: importance, significance. Chiefly in of (great, little, any, etc.) moment, often in conjunction with matter. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] mund?c1250 steemc1330 greatnessc1410 substancec1425 importance1485 weight1521 moment1522 weightiness1530 importancy1531 importunance1546 import1548 reckoning1582 sequel1588 ponderosity1589 valure1594 consequence1597 significance1597 circumstance1599 consequent1599 eminency1622 importmenta1625 concernment1626 consideration1634 telling1636 signification1645 considerableness1647 concerningness1657 nearness1679 significancy1679 respectability1769 interest1809 noteworthiness1852 portee1893 valency1897 1522 Bp. J. Clerk Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 310 He said the Kyngs Highnes lettres if they had comme in season shulde haue been of no smale momente. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lv He tooke these newes as a matter of no small momente. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. ii. 5 What Townes of any moment, but we haue? View more context for this quotation 1694 P. Falle Acct. Isle of Jersey iv. 112 This Court..is intended for the decision of Matters of less moment, as Arrears of rents.., Arrests, Distrainings, and such like Mobiliary things. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 55 The Crown well knowing the moment of keeping Those the objects of reverence, and veneration with the People. 1772 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1811) II. 203 The great moment of his authority makes it necessary to examine his position. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 90 Things which appear at first view of little moment . View more context for this quotation 1823 W. Scott Peveril II. xi. 281 The affairs of moment which have called me hither. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §3. 290 He [sc. Caxton] printed all the English poetry of any moment which was then in existence. 1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism i. 3 I would not..excuse the selection merely by my own incapacity to do justice to a topic of more immediate moment. 1951 R. Harling Paper Palace (1952) 170 I was silent,..,but that seemed a matter of no moment, for the blonde had..the financier all to herself. 1995 Economist 17 June 23/2 The New England custom of bringing together a town's citizens once a year to decide on the budget and other matters of moment. < as lemmas |
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