| 单词 | state of time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate of time (also times) P12. state of time (also times): the way in which events or circumstances stand at a particular time; cf. state of affairs n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > juncture or critical point timeeOE point?c1225 state of time (also times)1534 pass1560 conjuncture1619 juncture1656 hinge1775 cross-road1795 contingency1803 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 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede v. f. 127v It hath ben shewed and put in theyr myndes by the inspiration of the holy ghoste accordingly as ye state of tymes dyd requyre [L. aut a spiritu sancto pro ratione temporum suggestum]. 1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 2 A lamentable state of time it is, wherin such vntemperat boldenes is permitted. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 347 Vrge the necessitie and state of times . View more context for this quotation 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. i. 25 I would the state of time had first been whole, Eare he by sicknesse had bin visited. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. i. §5 How can we conceive the Nation of the Jews would have ever embraced such a Law, had it not been of Moses his enacting among them in that state of time when he did? 1751 R. Hurd in tr. Horace Q. Horatii Flacci Epistola ad Augustum 183 A different state of times has produced the like effect. 1865 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1864 24 103 A really good cow is practically worth forty to sixty dollars, in almost any state of times. 1920 Boilermakers' & Iron Ship Builders' Jrnl. July 423/1 A state of times where men..would put up, without protest, with about any shop neglect. < as lemmas |
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