| 单词 | or worse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasor worse c. As an alternative or addition following an unfavourable description: something worse still. Usually in or worse, and worse. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > something worse still worsec1400 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xviii. l. 72 Men may lykne letterid men to a lussheborgh, oþer werse [a1425 Cambr. Ff.5.35 a wurse]. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. x. sig. c.viiiv A vyllayne orels wers, sothly thou was borne. 1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) xviii. 64 Their late Patron..was after his death in their pulpits proclaimed Tyran and worse. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler vii. 147 I might say more of this, but it might be thought curiosity or worse . View more context for this quotation a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 224 The Man's Wife was his Nurse, or worse. 1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xiii They say, sir, he went up to court, and slandered the nuns there for drunkards and worse. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xxv. 269 Everybody knows that it is a disgrace or worse—perhaps a crime. 1935 J. Agate Diary 2 Feb. in Selective Ego (1976) 17 A well-known pianist and teacher suspected of flirting, and worse, with his pupils. 2015 Nature 15 Oct. 464/2 David Ozonoff..warns that researchers can expect to be called ‘hired guns’ or worse. < as lemmas |
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