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

P3. the (sooner, earlier, bigger, older, etc.) the better: used to emphasize the importance or desirability of what is specified by the first comparative. Also with relative clause postmodifying the first comparative (see the adv. 1c).

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c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §38. 46 Tak a rond plate of metal..the brodere the bettre.

a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Claud.) (2011) 207 Þan schal he leton þe brugge of bedyens doune whan he is bedon done þat is spedeful for hys soule, and þe saunur þe bettor.

1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 225 The sonner ye be round with her the better.

1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 326 Then take an olde Tyle, the older the better, and make powder thereof.

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry Table Hard Words Pitch of Burgundy is Rossen, and the blacker the better.

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxxiv. 161 Friendship is like wine, the elder the better.

1657 W. Greenwood Απογραϕὴ Στοργῆς 34 It is a natural distemper, a kinde of Smalpox; every one hath had it, or is to expect it, and the sooner the better.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 45 The rougher it lies for a Winter fallow the better.

1771 in J. Watson Jedburgh Abbey (1894) 98 The bells must be removed, and the sooner the better.

1815 T. Quayle Gen. View Agric. Islands on Coast of Normandy 265 In February or March, but the earlier the better, the rice-balks are harrowed down.

1880 E. Glaister Needlework v. 49 The letters are made in linen tape, unbleached, the yellower the better.

1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 16/2 To avoid the multiplied chin, sleep with head low, the lower the better.

1951 W. S. Burroughs Let. 24 Apr. (1993) 82 So far as I'm concerned the sooner he sails off into the sunset the better.

1986 P. Leigh Fermor Between Woods & Water (1988) v. 111 He had a passion for limericks, the racier the better.

1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) viii. 173 Oh I love parties, the bigger the better.

单词	the the better
释义	> as lemmas the (sooner, earlier, bigger, older, etc.) the better P3. the (sooner, earlier, bigger, older, etc.) the better: used to emphasize the importance or desirability of what is specified by the first comparative. Also with relative clause postmodifying the first comparative (see the adv. 1c). ΚΠ c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §38. 46 Tak a rond plate of metal..the brodere the bettre. a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Claud.) (2011) 207 Þan schal he leton þe brugge of bedyens doune whan he is bedon done þat is spedeful for hys soule, and þe saunur þe bettor. 1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 225 The sonner ye be round with her the better. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 326 Then take an olde Tyle, the older the better, and make powder thereof. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry Table Hard Words Pitch of Burgundy is Rossen, and the blacker the better. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxxiv. 161 Friendship is like wine, the elder the better. 1657 W. Greenwood Απογραϕὴ Στοργῆς 34 It is a natural distemper, a kinde of Smalpox; every one hath had it, or is to expect it, and the sooner the better. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 45 The rougher it lies for a Winter fallow the better. 1771 in J. Watson Jedburgh Abbey (1894) 98 The bells must be removed, and the sooner the better. 1815 T. Quayle Gen. View Agric. Islands on Coast of Normandy 265 In February or March, but the earlier the better, the rice-balks are harrowed down. 1880 E. Glaister Needlework v. 49 The letters are made in linen tape, unbleached, the yellower the better. 1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 16/2 To avoid the multiplied chin, sleep with head low, the lower the better. 1951 W. S. Burroughs Let. 24 Apr. (1993) 82 So far as I'm concerned the sooner he sails off into the sunset the better. 1986 P. Leigh Fermor Between Woods & Water (1988) v. 111 He had a passion for limericks, the racier the better. 1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) viii. 173 Oh I love parties, the bigger the better. extracted from betteradj.n.¹adv. < as lemmas
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