单词 | self-commendation |
释义 | > as lemmasself-commendation self-commendation n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfkɒm(ə)nˈdeɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌkɑmənˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ ΚΠ 1582 J. Lyly in T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue To Author sig. ❧ Your selfe commendations. 1672 S. Cradock Apostolical Hist. xiv. 207 He desires the Corinthians to bear with him a little in his just and necessary self-commendation. 1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 138 His [sc. Dryden's] self-commendations. 1859 Bombay Times 14 Sept. 210/3 She echoed the Imperial strain of self commendation. 1939 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 4 532 This eventual absorption of every ethnic unit is a matter of pride and self-commendation. 2015 P. B. Duff Moses in Corinth iii. 75 He had been accused of self-commendation by some in the community. < as lemmas |
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