单词 | beyond all comparison |
释义 | > as lemmasbeyond all comparison b. esp. in the phrases without comparison, out of all comparison, beyond all comparison. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 Þe ymage of his sseppere, þet is uayr wyþoute comparysoun. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 55 Eneas appyered aboue all the other wythout ony comparyson the most fayre. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 165 When Cortez saw that beautifull thing, his joy was without comparison. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 712 Out of all comparison, the stronger, and more dangerous operation of the two. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 95 The claims of one man stood forth beyond all comparison. < as lemmas |
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