单词 | requiring |
释义 | requiringn. The act of requesting or demanding; a request, a demand; a summons, a requisition. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > requesting or demanding > to do something requiringa1387 request1398 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 313 At þe prayer and requirynge [?a1475 anon. tr. labor; L. petitionem] of pope Gregory, Gy of Marchia..chasede him out of þat londes. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 87v G..seiþ þat þu cure not þe cancre bot at grete instance at requiryng [?c1425 Paris request; L. requisitionem]. 1501 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 11 [Action] aganis the requiring of..[the] Abbot of Cambuskenneth [for wrongful detention of] aucht score of li. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue b j b The letter according to the requiring of Christ,..leadeth us to the death of Sin. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 358 The matter may be so handled, as that He may take no delight in His owne requirings. 1687 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 139 A requiring of him to deliver up his office. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Requirement,..a requiring. 1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. iii. xx The oath lays a snare..and I do not perceive, that the requiring of it..produces any good effect. 1847 M. Howitt Ballads 328 Father! behold thy child; and what in him Comes short of thy requirings. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 160 Hear the requiring, Bring wood for firing! 1913 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 28 5 The requiring of those desiring to practice to pass and examination and to be duly licensed and registered. 1951 P. Larkin XX Poems Or a bird using its wings To fly to the fowler's compass, Not out of willingness, But being aware of Eternal requirings. 2003 R. Ramsay French Women in Politics ix. 248 Among the measures proposed by Giroud in 1974 were the requiring of the signature of both spouses on the tax return, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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