| 单词 | of reputation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof reputation Phrases P1. of reputation. a. Of high esteem or repute. Usually following a noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] faireOE wortheOE worthlyeOE worthfulOE menskful?c1225 toldc1275 digne1297 of price?a1300 worshiply1340 worthya1350 menska1375 thriftyc1374 worshipfula1375 worthilya1375 honesta1382 honourablec1384 unshamedc1384 sada1387 of reputationc1390 well-nameda1393 reverent1398 worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400 celebrable?c1400 honouredc1400 worshipablec1425 substantialc1449 undefameda1450 unreviled?1457 honorousa1500 reputed?1532 well-thought-ona1533 well-spoken1539 credible1543 undespised?1548 imitable1550 famous1555 undistained1565 undefame1578 untarred1579 well-reputed1583 unsoiledc1592 dishonourless1595 well-deemed1595 nameworthy1598 regardful1600 indisgraced1606 credenta1616 undishonoureda1616 unscandalized1618 unscandalous1618 unslandered1622 untainted1627 dignousa1636 undisparaged1636 considerable1641 unbranded1641 glorifiable1651 reputable1671 unsullied1743 unstigmatized1778 undisgraced1812 unstained1863 well-thought-of1865 uncompromised1882 scandal-proof1904 cred1987 c1390 [see sense 1a]. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 5731 (MED) Þis tre..was passingly famus, Of..hyȝe pris and reputacioun. c1459 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 106 Becaus that tyme in thai tua baronys vas few men of reputatioun bot the said lard of Meldrum. a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 228/2 xxvj slane and tane bot na man of reputacoun war tane nor slane. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 661 Ish, signifieth a man of reputation. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. vii. 37 The women of reputation weare..damask or other rich silkes. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 20 But in the company of women of reputation I never saw such an ideot. 1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 58 My honest endeavours to live a life of reputation. 1851 R. Hussey Rise Papal Power iii. 124 This..was answered by a writer of reputation at that time. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 368 I have seen men of reputation..behaving in the strangest manner. 1914 H. A. Dickinson German Masters of Art xii. 96 The other Saxon painters of reputation in the XVI century were, apparently without exception, pupils of Lucas Cranach. 1968 A. L. Fletcher Tudor Rebellions ii. 9 Rebellion needed a gentleman of reputation and personality to have any chance of success. 2003 E. L. Kahn Marie Laurencin Pref. p. xviii She has ‘come on’ to them as an artist of reputation largely because she kept company with such major avant-garde male figures as Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire. ΚΠ a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (BL Add.) (1912) 11693 (MED) I haue you tolde..what they be of condicon, And how thei bene of reputacon. P2. by reputation: by general report or opinion (esp. of a person's activities, character, etc.), without direct personal knowledge; by hearsay. Cf. by repute at repute n. Phrases. ΚΠ c1400 [see sense 3a]. 1630 H. Hawkins tr. St. Jerome Lives St. Pavl, St. Hilarion & St. Malchvs 34 in Certaine Sel. Epist. He could no longer hide himselfe in the Easterne partes of the world, where he was knowne to so many both by reputation, and person. 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd xii. 47 Here is a man knows you very well by reputation, sayes Hircan to him, pointing at Lysis. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. iii. 21 The Wench I believe is in Love with him by Reputation. 1820 J. F. Cooper Precaution I. xxiv. 265 ‘You know the earl then,’ inquired Mrs. Fitzgerald. ‘By reputation, only, my dear,’ said Mrs. Wilson. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) III. xviii. 296 You and I, Mr. Hartright, are excellently well acquainted with one another by reputation. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 38 At Harvard I discovered my father was well known by reputation. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 383 The fearsome (headhunters, by reputation) Iban—whose lands stretch along the coast from Kuching to Miri. 2000 S. Brett Body on Beach (2001) xv. 123 ‘Do you know them well?’ ‘Hardly. Only by reputation, gossip, what-have-you. You hear a lot stuck behind the bar of a pub.’ P3. in reputation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [adverb] in reputationc1405 reputatively1610 by reputea1656 reputedly1655 reputationally1782 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [adverb] in reputationc1405 at a premium1828 much (also greatly, little, etc.) to the credit of1868 up there1970 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 274 If þt a prynce vseth hasardrye..He is as by comune opynyon Yholde the lasse in reputacion. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 1108 (MED) Nembroth..in the peeplis reputacioun..hadde so gret a fame Thei callid hym god in ther opynyoun. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 176 (MED) He shall be in Reputacion [v.r. be holden] as a fool. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 332 How chances it they trauaile? their residence both in reputation, and profit was better both wayes. View more context for this quotation 1642 W. Bird Mag. of Honour 165 There are other Lords in reputation and appellation, who neverthelesse are not de jure. 1677 Logan in Blome's Guillim (1679) ii. 75 Ladies in Reputation. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 9 True, Madam; there are Valetudinarians in reputation as well as constitution. 1795 E. Fenwick Secresy II. xvii. 184 I am gone, in reputation I mean, to seek the earl, the baronet, and the simple squire, but, in propria persona, returned to my chamber to tell you a story. 1841 G. Bowyer Eng. Constit. xxvi. 645 In like manner there are ladies in reputation. b. In high repute. Now rare. ΚΠ a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 1888 (MED) Darie..was nat had in reputacioun Mong Persiens so gan his honour fade. a1500 J. Mirk's Festial 46/5 If a kyng be not in reputacion..oft tymes þere growes..moche malice. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iijv The auncient sages were holden in reputacion, bycause there were fewe teachers and many lerners. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Div If you desire to enioye me at your will, My sister you must haue in reputation still. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura sig. b6 When they began to be in reputation. 1801 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons II. iii. vi. 92 He is represented to have..passed the remainder of his life in reputation and justice. 1900 Proc. New-Eng. Hist. Geneal. Soc. p. lxxxix These efforts were exhaustive, and some are held in reputation as authorities. P4. with reputation: in high repute. ΚΠ c1460 in R. Brotanek Mittelengl. Dichtungen MS 432 Trin. Coll. Dublin (1940) 156 (MED) In englond and in Walys..He rideþ and ruleth with ryall reputacion [a1500 Lamb. Repetacion]. 1741 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 543 They carried on the Publick affairs with Reputation. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. i. 307 Mr. Hastings had ascended with reputation through the several stages of the Company's service. 2004 G. von Wangenheim Games & Public Admin. vii. 243 Citizens with reputation lose more from a rejection than citizens without reputation. < as lemmas |
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