| 单词 | state of case |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate of (the) case P13. state of (the) case: the facts and circumstances of a particular case, affair, or question. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > state of affairs casec1405 state of time (also times)1534 state of (the) case1577 time of day1667 carte du pays1744 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 184/2 in Chron. I Beseechyng him to consider well the state of the case as it stoode. 1699 J. Howe Disc. Redeemer's Dominion 63 This expresses the state of the case as in fact it is. 1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1850) II. Pref. p. xvii The taking in this consideration totally changes the whole state of the case. 1824 H. Marshall Hist. Kentucky (new ed.) II. 60 Such a state of case cannot be contemplated without a sense of foreboding. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiii. 105 And the real state of the case would never have been known at all in the regiment but for Captain Dobbin's indiscretion. 1922 Homiletic Rev. Mar. 176/1 What then is the state of the case? 2008 M. J. Corbett Family Likeness ii. 38 The narration describes the state of the case between Mrs. Price and Lady Bertram. < as lemmas |
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