英语词汇“scale of existence”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 succession or series of steps or degrees; a graduated series, succession, or progression; esp. a graduated series of beings extending from the lowest forms of existence to the highest ( scale of being(s, scale of creatures, scale of existence, scale of life, scale of nature, etc.).

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1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Gg4^v The speculation..That all things by scale did ascend to vnitie.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §30 How so many learned heads should so farre forget their Metaphysicks, and destroy the Ladder and scale of creatures, as to question the existence of Spirits.

1712 Spectator No. 519. ⁋8 If the Scale of Being rises by such a regular Progress, so high as Man.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 55 Then, in the Scale of Life and Sence, 'tis plain, There must be, some where, such a Rank as Man.

1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 430 A great addition to its power and importance in the scale of nations.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 214 A scale of degrees from the most perfect opacity..to the most perfect transparency.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species ii. 54 Plants low in the scale of organisation.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. vii. 224 I have made up my mind that I will become respectable in the scale of society.

1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World 211 As we ascend in the scale of Life we rise also in the scale of longevity.

单词	scale of existence
释义	> as lemmas scale of existence a. A succession or series of steps or degrees; a graduated series, succession, or progression; esp. a graduated series of beings extending from the lowest forms of existence to the highest ( scale of being(s, scale of creatures, scale of existence, scale of life, scale of nature, etc.). ΚΠ 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Gg4^v The speculation..That all things by scale did ascend to vnitie. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §30 How so many learned heads should so farre forget their Metaphysicks, and destroy the Ladder and scale of creatures, as to question the existence of Spirits. View more context for this quotation 1712 Spectator No. 519. ⁋8 If the Scale of Being rises by such a regular Progress, so high as Man. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 55 Then, in the Scale of Life and Sence, 'tis plain, There must be, some where, such a Rank as Man. 1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 430 A great addition to its power and importance in the scale of nations. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 214 A scale of degrees from the most perfect opacity..to the most perfect transparency. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species ii. 54 Plants low in the scale of organisation. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. vii. 224 I have made up my mind that I will become respectable in the scale of society. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World 211 As we ascend in the scale of Life we rise also in the scale of longevity. extracted from scalen.³ < as lemmas
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