| 单词 | sea-green incorruptible |
| 释义 | > as lemmassea-green incorruptible 2. sea-green incorruptible, applied to Robespierre by Carlyle (see quot. 1837) and now commonly used allusively (often followed by some other word) to designate a person of rigid honesty or uncompromising idealism. Also in extended use and absol., impervious to moral corruption. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [noun] > person or thing > person truelOE true mana1225 trusty1570 warrant1832 sea-green incorruptible1837 Honest John1855 Boy Scout1918 straight arrow1969 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. iv. 231 O seagreen Incorruptible, thou shalt see. 1931 Economist 7 Mar. 492/1 Although Mr. Hu Han-min at Manking may be a ‘sea-green incorruptible’ of as pure a dye as Robespierre, the local representatives of the Party in the country districts are often oppressors of the poor. 1936 H. G. Wells Anat. Frustration ix. 94 His [sc. Philip Snowden's] early appearance as the ‘sea green incorruptible’ of the British Labour revolution. 1958 Spectator 1 Aug. 157/1 Utopia is to be attained only by sea-green incorruptibility. 1960 C. P. Snow Affair xl. 372 ‘I shall have to,’ Skeffington replied, obdurate and sea~green. 1976 Listener 5 Aug. 143/3 He is, for all that, a man of sea-green integrity. 1977 New Society 17 Feb. 328/1 A former Chief Constable from the north west..a man of cast-iron integrity from a religious background and..a sea-green incorruptible. < as lemmas |
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