英语词汇“splendid isolation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

6. Used, by way of contrast, to qualify nouns having an opposite or different connotation. splendid isolation: used with reference to the political and commercial uniqueness or isolation of Great Britain; also transferred. Cf. isolation n. 1a (quots. 1896¹, 1896² at isolation n. 1a).

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > of bad thing

splendid1667

society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > commercial isolation of Britain

splendid isolation1896

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > political uniqueness

splendid isolation1896

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 252 Our state Of splendid vassalage.

1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 15 Even their best actions [are] no better than splendid sins.

1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) ii. §13. 141 In many cases this splendid confusion would destroy all use.

1848 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. vi. 294 Even the most successful crime is but a splendid misery.

1896 G. E. Foster in Official Rep. Deb. H. Com. Canada 16 Jan. 176 The great mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe.]

1896 Times 22 Jan. 10/1 Splendid isolation... A few weeks ago England appeared to stand alone in the world, surrounded by jealous competitors and..unexpected hostility.

1898 19th Cent. Apr. 524 When she gives, proudly, notice to the whole world of her splendid isolation.

1902 J. Chamberlain in Times 7 Jan. 4/4 It is the duty of the British people to count upon themselves alone... I say alone, yes, in a splendid isolation, surrounded and supported by our kinsfolk.

1909 London Mag. Feb. 634/2 Once cross the Channel by aeroplane, and England no longer remains an island enjoying ‘splendid isolation’.

1912 Rev. of Reviews July 63/1 The abandonment by Great Britain of her splendid isolation.

1933 Times 21 Feb. 12/3 A Nazi band played in splendid isolation in the square.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Nov. 1/2 In a little while Williams and his bodyguard will be leaving this splendid isolation (we are in a hotel suite 30-odd floors above Central Park South) and going to the Ambassador Theatre.

单词	splendid isolation
释义	> as lemmas splendid isolation 6. Used, by way of contrast, to qualify nouns having an opposite or different connotation. splendid isolation: used with reference to the political and commercial uniqueness or isolation of Great Britain; also transferred. Cf. isolation n. 1a (quots. 1896¹, 1896² at isolation n. 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > of bad thing splendid1667 society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > commercial isolation of Britain splendid isolation1896 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > political uniqueness splendid isolation1896 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 252 Our state Of splendid vassalage. View more context for this quotation 1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 15 Even their best actions [are] no better than splendid sins. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) ii. §13. 141 In many cases this splendid confusion would destroy all use. 1848 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. vi. 294 Even the most successful crime is but a splendid misery. 1896 G. E. Foster in Official Rep. Deb. H. Com. Canada 16 Jan. 176 The great mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe.] 1896 Times 22 Jan. 10/1 Splendid isolation... A few weeks ago England appeared to stand alone in the world, surrounded by jealous competitors and..unexpected hostility. 1898 19th Cent. Apr. 524 When she gives, proudly, notice to the whole world of her splendid isolation. 1902 J. Chamberlain in Times 7 Jan. 4/4 It is the duty of the British people to count upon themselves alone... I say alone, yes, in a splendid isolation, surrounded and supported by our kinsfolk. 1909 London Mag. Feb. 634/2 Once cross the Channel by aeroplane, and England no longer remains an island enjoying ‘splendid isolation’. 1912 Rev. of Reviews July 63/1 The abandonment by Great Britain of her splendid isolation. 1933 Times 21 Feb. 12/3 A Nazi band played in splendid isolation in the square. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Nov. 1/2 In a little while Williams and his bodyguard will be leaving this splendid isolation (we are in a hotel suite 30-odd floors above Central Park South) and going to the Ambassador Theatre. extracted from splendidadj. < as lemmas
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