英语词汇“on the side of the angels”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(j) on the side of the angels.

(i) Supporting the theory of the divine creation of humankind as opposed to the theory of evolution.In later use with reference to quot. 1864.

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1864 B. Disraeli Church Policy 26 Is man an ape or an angel?.. I am on the side of the angels.

1979 ‘C. Aird’ Some die Eloquent vii. 99 He had always in any case been on the side of the angels anyway. Apes were less appealing.

2002 M. Shermer In Darwin's Shadow ix. 233 Mivart firmly placed himself ‘on the side of the angels’ when it came to the human soul and intellect, which he felt could only be accounted for by supernatural infusion.

(ii) Supporting, or acting in accordance with, principles regarded as good or right (sometimes spec. at the risk of unpopularity); on the right side; morally upright, virtuous.

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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > on the side of right [phrase]

on the side of the angels1894

1894 Musical Times 1 Mar. 169/2 Even when his [sc. Von Bülow's] humour was most outrageous it was nine times out of ten on the side of the angels.

1926 Punch 22 Dec. 700/1 Miss Marguerite Williams..is so firmly posted on the side of the angels that I can forgive her if she occasionally seems rather to force the note.

1956 G. H. Vallins Pattern of Eng. vii. 171 ‘Different from’ reminds the reader that whatever other men have done.., Fowler himself is on the side of the angels.

2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 134 Some [corporations]..exaggerate their green credentials to mislead consumers into thinking they are on the side of the angels.

单词	on the side of the angels
释义	> as lemmas on the side of the angels (j) on the side of the angels. (i) Supporting the theory of the divine creation of humankind as opposed to the theory of evolution.In later use with reference to quot. 1864. ΚΠ 1864 B. Disraeli Church Policy 26 Is man an ape or an angel?.. I am on the side of the angels. 1979 ‘C. Aird’ Some die Eloquent vii. 99 He had always in any case been on the side of the angels anyway. Apes were less appealing. 2002 M. Shermer In Darwin's Shadow ix. 233 Mivart firmly placed himself ‘on the side of the angels’ when it came to the human soul and intellect, which he felt could only be accounted for by supernatural infusion. (ii) Supporting, or acting in accordance with, principles regarded as good or right (sometimes spec. at the risk of unpopularity); on the right side; morally upright, virtuous. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > on the side of right [phrase] on the side of the angels1894 1894 Musical Times 1 Mar. 169/2 Even when his [sc. Von Bülow's] humour was most outrageous it was nine times out of ten on the side of the angels. 1926 Punch 22 Dec. 700/1 Miss Marguerite Williams..is so firmly posted on the side of the angels that I can forgive her if she occasionally seems rather to force the note. 1956 G. H. Vallins Pattern of Eng. vii. 171 ‘Different from’ reminds the reader that whatever other men have done.., Fowler himself is on the side of the angels. 2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 134 Some [corporations]..exaggerate their green credentials to mislead consumers into thinking they are on the side of the angels. extracted from siden.¹ < as lemmas
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