单词 | self-trial |
释义 | > as lemmasself-trial self-trial n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈtrʌɪəl/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈtraɪ(ə)l/ testing of one's faith, endurance, mental or physical strength, etc., esp. through suffering; (also) critical examination of one's thoughts or behaviour.ΚΠ 1591 J. Hester in tr. J. Du Chesne Breefe Aunswere Expos. I. Aubertus To Rdr. sig. A3 Selfe tryall hath taught mee this since I first vndertooke to search the secrets of Earthes flowing bountie,..I haue suffered all the vnpleasant sharpnes that experiences pathes yeeldes. 1640 T. Hooker (title) The Christians two chiefe lessons; viz. Selfe-deniall, and Selfe-tryall. 1737 T. Bowyer True Acct. Lord's Supper (ed. 2) vi. 158 How can he, who has long gone on in a Course of Sin and Wickedness, have this lively Faith, without a long, at least some, time of Self-trial? 1861 Boston Investigator 6 Mar. 364/2 Solemn soliloquies of self-trial to discover our motives. 1905 S. W. Mitchell Constance Trescot ii. vii. 352 Her power of self-trial and self-condemnation was lost. 2011 Talk of Town (Nexis) 5 Aug. She was learning one of life's greatest lessons—the lesson of self-trial. < as lemmas |
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