| 单词 | server of time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasserver of (the) time(s) † server of (the) time(s): a person who adapts their views or behaviour to suit prevailing circumstances or fashion; cf. time-server n. 2. Obsolete. [Compare time-server n. 2.] ΚΠ 1554 T. Sampson Let. to Trew Professors sig. Biijv Hereby verely shall ye be knowen what ground ye are, fruteful, or vnfruteful constant, or seruers of the tyme: Good Gospel hearers be not suche as will be tost aboute with euery wynde. 1671 M. D'Assigny in tr. P. Gautruche Poet. Hist. iii. ii. 185 A cunning Server of Times, was expressed by a Hedge-hog, because this Creature..changeth its dwelling with the weather. 1735 W. Dawson Poems Several Occasions 15 No I will ne'er a Courtier be, Or hated Server of the Times; For he is far from Liberty That's forc'd to flatter Princes Crimes. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons (Amer. ed.) xi. v. 208/2 The Earl of Northumberland.., a true server of the times, who had sided with all parties, now judged it discreet to remain neutral. 1888 Boston Daily Advertiser 17 Aug. 4/1 He [sc. President Cleveland]..has become..a mere server of the times. < as lemmas |
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