英语词汇“pillar of strength”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A person seen as a source of support or stability; esp. one of the main supporters of some principle or institution, as pillar of the establishment, etc.; (more generally) a person who holds a position of public importance or respectability, as pillar of society, etc. Also: a person who possesses or displays some quality in an exemplary or steadfast way, as pillar of strength.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun] > respectability > person

pillarc1330

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Christian1693

respectable1770

respectability1837

square John1934

c1330 in T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. (1839) 325 (MED) Seint Thomas..was a piler ariht to holden up holi churche.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Gal. ii. 9 James and Cephas..the whiche weren seyn for to be pileris [L. columnæ], ȝauen to me..that riȝt hondis of fellowschip.

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 29 (MED) Þow wer a chosyn sowle..and a peler of Holy Cherch.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. bv/2 The patryarke of Iherusalem..sente to hym [sc. Charles] the standart of the fayth as to the pyler of crystente.

1590 E. Spenser To Ld. Grey in Faerie Queene sig. Qq3 Most Noble Lord the pillor of my life.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. iii. sig. B7^v He is a maine pillar of our Church, though not yet Deane nor Canon.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 302 With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A Pillar of State.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 48 The Earl of Manchester, and the Earl of Warwick, were the two Pillars of the Presbyterian Party.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxvii. 22 The scourge of Arianism, and the pillar of the orthodox faith.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxii. 88 Some divinely gifted man..The pillar of a people's hope.

1888 tr. H. Ibsen (title) Pillars of society and other plays.

1891 G. B. Shaw Quintessence of Ibsenism 82 The hero [sc. Karsten Bernick]..is not accepted as a typical pillar of society.

1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xvi. 315 Gladstone died, and with him one of the main pillars of Liberal Labourism disappeared.

1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 19/1 Mr. Baxter has been a great fellow to work with and a pillar of strength.

2001 J. Wolcott Catsitters xxxiv. 217 Lloyd Fairwell—once a pillar of the community, now the town skunk.

单词	pillar of strength
释义	> as lemmas pillar of strength a. A person seen as a source of support or stability; esp. one of the main supporters of some principle or institution, as pillar of the establishment, etc.; (more generally) a person who holds a position of public importance or respectability, as pillar of society, etc. Also: a person who possesses or displays some quality in an exemplary or steadfast way, as pillar of strength. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun] > respectability > person pillarc1330 barona1400 Christian1693 respectable1770 respectability1837 square John1934 c1330 in T. Wright Polit. Songs Eng. (1839) 325 (MED) Seint Thomas..was a piler ariht to holden up holi churche. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Gal. ii. 9 James and Cephas..the whiche weren seyn for to be pileris [L. columnæ], ȝauen to me..that riȝt hondis of fellowschip. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 29 (MED) Þow wer a chosyn sowle..and a peler of Holy Cherch. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. bv/2 The patryarke of Iherusalem..sente to hym [sc. Charles] the standart of the fayth as to the pyler of crystente. 1590 E. Spenser To Ld. Grey in Faerie Queene sig. Qq3 Most Noble Lord the pillor of my life. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. iii. sig. B7^v He is a maine pillar of our Church, though not yet Deane nor Canon. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 302 With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A Pillar of State. View more context for this quotation 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 48 The Earl of Manchester, and the Earl of Warwick, were the two Pillars of the Presbyterian Party. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxvii. 22 The scourge of Arianism, and the pillar of the orthodox faith. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxii. 88 Some divinely gifted man..The pillar of a people's hope. 1888 tr. H. Ibsen (title) Pillars of society and other plays. 1891 G. B. Shaw Quintessence of Ibsenism 82 The hero [sc. Karsten Bernick]..is not accepted as a typical pillar of society. 1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xvi. 315 Gladstone died, and with him one of the main pillars of Liberal Labourism disappeared. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 19/1 Mr. Baxter has been a great fellow to work with and a pillar of strength. 2001 J. Wolcott Catsitters xxxiv. 217 Lloyd Fairwell—once a pillar of the community, now the town skunk. extracted from pillarn. < as lemmas
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