单词 | the future |
释义 | > as lemmasthe future 2. the future. extracted from futureadj.n. a. Time to come; future time. for the future: in all future time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] to-comec1350 the futurec1400 hereafter1546 tocoming1556 aftertime1557 after age1560 after hours1599 futuritya1616 afterwards1669 to-be1819 coming1833 by and by1868 hence1904 c1400 Rom. Rose 5015 Aforn hir she may see In the future som socour. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. ii. 64 That what in time proceeds, May token to the future, our past deeds. View more context for this quotation 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 63 All the Fury of Minor Criticks follow..all his Opinions for the future. 1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) II. viii. 52 I'll..teach him to take better care for the future. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk I. iii. 52 The future is like a dead wall or a thick mist hiding all objects from our view. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 197 The industrial organization of the future. b. What will happen in the future. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] futuresc1374 the futurea1616 future history1650 futurity1651 futurity1664 a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 145 The future comes apace. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 81 Oh blindness to the future! Kindly giv'n. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxix. 34 The future [is the object] of hope and fear. 1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 366/2 The mighty future is as nothing, being every thing. 1866 Gladstone in Pall Mall Gaz. 28 July (1892) 1/2 You cannot fight against the future..time is on our side. < as lemmas |
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