单词 | the three r's |
释义 | > as lemmasthe three R's 3. the three R's: reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic, regarded as the fundamentals of education. Also in extended use, with reference to watchwords, key concepts, etc., in other spheres. [The phrase is said to have originated in a toast proposed c1807 by the English banker and politician Sir William Curtis (1752–1829).] ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > 3 R's the three R's1825 basic skill1909 1825 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 29 Jan. 75/1 It has been very much the fashion amongst a class of persons to attribute to Sir W. C. certain bulls... He is charged with having given, at public dinners, the following toasts:—‘The British tars of Old England’. ‘A speedy peace, and soon.’.. ‘The three R's—Reading, Writing, and Rithmetic’. 1828 New Jersey Eagle (Newark, New Jersey) 23 May 3/3 The three R's—honest 'Rithmetic, Reading & 'Riting I think I can say, I'm no fool in. 1864 Reader 30 Jan. 134 Middle-class schools, in which education is pushed beyond the three ‘R's’. 1879 Athenæum 5 Apr. 431/1 Romanism, Ritualism, and Rationalism, the three ‘r's’ of theological controversy. 1892 Academy 31 Dec. 602/3 Rhetoric, reflexion, and repetition—those three R.s of the inexperienced book~maker. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South ii. i. 131 Such sketchy knowledge of the three R's as could be snatched in a few months in an occasional ‘old field’ school. 1991 J. Makower et al. Green Consumer Supermarket Guide i. 24 The Green Consumer movement has its own set of ‘Three R's’: refuse, reuse, and recycle. 1998 Daily Tel. 6 Oct. 1/3 Mr Tobin also attacked the Government's emphasis on examination results and the three Rs in its education policy. < as lemmas |
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