| 单词 | on or upon a scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmason or upon a (large, small, liberal, etc.) scale b. on or upon a (large, small, liberal, etc.) scale. Also with ellipsis of adj., and with n., as on a world scale. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > degree or relative amount [phrase] > to a specific extent the greatest parta1387 on or upon a (large, small, liberal, etc.) scale1785 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > on a large scale by (also at, in) wholesale1417 on or upon a (large, small, liberal, etc.) scale1785 to do things on the big figure1831 in a big way1840 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 703 Were education..Conducted on a manageable scale . View more context for this quotation 1793 E. Burke Let. to Sir G. Elliot in Corr. (1844) IV. 151 On a far larger scale..than civil wars have generally extended themselves to. a1832 W. Scott Mem. Early Years in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) I. i. 49 I have all my life delighted in travelling, though I have never enjoyed that pleasure upon a large scale. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. ii. 35 His ordinary domestic expenditure..was certainly on no stinted scale. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xiii. 739 It must be allowed that in his intellect, everything was on a great scale. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. i. ii. 26 Maggie's too wonderful—her preparations are on a scale! 1968 Times 15 Oct. 16/7 Possible arrangements on a world scale are affected by the telescopes available. < as lemmas |
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