| 单词 | best-principled |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbest-principled (d) Forming parasynthetic adjectives and derived nouns in -ed, with the sense ‘that has the best – –; ‘that is the best – –;’, as best-conditioned, best-graced, best-humoured, best-intentioned, best-minded, best-natured, best-policied, best-principled, best-sighted, best-tempered, etc. Cf. good adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1a(a), well adv. and n.4 Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [adverb] > of its kind best1485 1485 Croniclis of Englonde (St. Albans) vii. sig. Diiij The wisest men that wer and the best conciencied culd not discerne with whom it wos best to say and hold. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxv. 11 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 216 Lest the best minded..Bend to abuses. 1608 Bp. J. Hall Characters Vertues & Vices i. 11 Blinde in no mans cause, best-sighted in his owne. 1650 Perfect Diurnall No. 5. 44 It will be good for the present power to oblige and stick to the best affected, and best-principled people. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 134 He had the Best-natured and most tenderly compassionate Soul in the World. 1746 Fool (1748) II. 64 The universal Outcry, which the best-policied Governments have wisely regarded. 1789 M. Huber in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1861) II. 326 The two best-intentioned..of their order. 1834 Mirror of Lit. 23 p. iii We must request the reader to accept our best-graced thanks. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 379 The best-conditioned of Kings! 1863 J. C. Jeaffreson Sir Everard's Daughter 208 The best-natured fellow alive. 1902 W. S. Maugham Mrs. Craddock xi. 109 He was the best-humoured of men, and Bertha's bad temper never disturbed his equilibrium. 2002 New Scientist 14 Dec. 46/2 Jumping spiders have unique eyes that give them acute vision, six times keener than the best-sighted insects. < as lemmas |
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