| 单词 | on this side of | 
| 释义 | > as lemmason this side of  (e)    on this side of and variants. Also with noun complement without of. In later use frequently with ellipsis of on. extracted from siden.1 (i)   Before (a specified date, time, event, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > 			[adverb]		 > in advance or beforehand > in advance of > that time or a specific date there-toforna1400 on this side of1436 then-tofore1629 1436    in  Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. 		(1907)	 IV. 198 in  Parl. Papers 1906 (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1  				He that calleth hym Duc of Burgeyne disposyth hym..on this side Estre nyxt to lay assege to oure toun of Caleys. 1472–3    Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV 		(Electronic ed.)	 Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §8. m. 36  				The seid .x.th part to be assessed..a this syde the morn of the fest of the Purification of Oure Lady. 1530–1    Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 12  				The seales aboue rehersed, shall bee made..on this syde the feast of the Natiuitie of sayncte John Baptist nexte commynge. 1557    in  Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. 		(1950)	 45 17  				To provid a handbell at thissyd Alhallon. 1602    in  East Anglian 		(1863)	 1 341  				As to the glasing the p'son and inh'itants..are admonished to repaire the same on this side the first daie of Januarie next. 1672    T. Manley Clerks Guide 413  				If the estate of the premisses be not effectually conveyed him..on this side the last day of, &c. next coming, [etc.]. 1771    Hist. Sir William Harrington IV. ci. 253  				But all, I fear, won't be completed on this side Christmas. 1826    Lit. Souvenir 104  				Come not within sight of Luke Malmsey, and Malmsey Manor, on this side doomsday—think upon that now! 1874    T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxvii. 335  				He's not at home, and won't be this side of eleven o'clock. 1902    Dun's Rev. 		(N.Y.)	 4 Oct. 4/1  				Many cannot promise deliveries this side December. 1915    Chatterbox 15 July 343/1  				There is hardly time to go anywhere this side of dinner-time. 2007    Times 		(Nexis)	 9 Oct. 44  				Any deal was unlikely to be completed this side of Christmas.  (ii)   Not fully attaining or amounting to (a specified state or condition); short of. †on this side nothing: almost entirely insignificant; (in quot. 1667) not completely annihilated (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree			[phrase]		 > less than on this side ofc1449 short of or from1560 c1449    R. Pecock Repressor 		(1860)	 78  				The other is openest in suerte of likelihode or of probabilite a this side suerte. 1621    B. Jonson Masque of Augures sig. A2  				A prettie man! and a prettie man is a little o' this side nothing. 1647    H. More Philos. Poems Pref. sig. B3  				[He] hath attempted bravely, but yet methinks on this side of Mathematicall evidence. 1667    J. Milton Paradise Lost  ii. 101  				If our substance be indeed Divine, And cannot cease to be, we are at worst On this side nothing .       View more context for this quotation 1672    J. V. Canes Τω Kαθολικω Stillingfleeton  ii. 16  				The whole treatise in Bellarmin seems to him now at this his distance, but as..an atome, a little on this side nothing; and therefore not worth speaking of. 1833    C. Lamb Ellistoniana in  Last Ess. Elia 		(1838)	 34  				My first introduction to E., which afterwards ripened into an acquaintance a little on this side of intimacy, was over a counter in the Leamington Spa Library. 1863    A. Campbell Pop. Lect. & Addr. viii. 197  				He lived and died on this side of the science of psychomancy. He did not consult the souls of the dead, but only the souls of the living. 1916    E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box 141  				He was, as the slang phrase has it, ‘oiled’; which is a condition of alcoholic comfort well on this side of inebriety. 1963    N. Arvin Longfellow 319  				Among the younger literary generation..the prevalent attitude was well this side of idolatry. 2004    Independent 		(Compact ed.)	 7 Apr. 33/1  				Those who earn a living from writing..try to stay on this side of outright tartiness. < as lemmas  | 
	
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