| 单词 | the more part |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe more part ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greater in quantity, amount, or degree moOE moreOE the more partOE lessa1616 mo'1858 no mo'1858 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxix. 334 Menig man wolde þone maran dæl his lifes aspendan on his lustum, and ðone læssan dæl on dædbote, gif he wiste hwænne he geendian sceolde. 1258 Proclam. Henry III in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1868–9) 21 (MED) Þo isetnesses..beon imakede..þurȝ þan to foren iseide rædesmen oþer þurȝ þe moare dæl [Fr. greignure partie] of heom. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3377 He let..de more del To kepen here ðing al wel. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 352 But more part of þis world erreþ here. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. ii. 189 Schrewes, whiche that contenen the more partie of men. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 113 (MED) In like fourme..is ruled..the more parte of all the reawmes of Affrike. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxxxii. [ccxxviii.] 721 Tyll the kyng had assembled toguyder more nombre of noble men. 1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 155 In part of payment of ane mair soume. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts xxvii. B The more parte off them toke councell to departe thence. 1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. Bijv I..learned so long there till I prou'd more halfe a very foole. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 270 The more Party of the Sutors of this your Realm. 1656–7 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1881) II. 537 Recevvit..in pairt payment of ane mair sowme. 1768 C. Smart Parables Jesus Christ lv. 112 The poor infidel and blind Are still the more part of mankind. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 117 The more part of them perished by falling over the rocks. (the) more part a. (the) most part: (a) the greatest or greater part, the majority, most; †(b) (as adv.) mostly, mainly, on the whole (obsolete). †(the) most part all: almost all (obsolete). (the) more part: the greater part, the majority (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 13 Þe meste part of þe lond bygon forte synge, ‘Alas, ant weylawo!’ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 19049 A mon croked in þe palesy, And had ben moost part of his dayes [a1400 Vesp. mast all; a1400 Gött. mast all]. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5381 Þe mest parte þere-of hij slowen. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 230 The more part of thise, and in especiall of theym that dwell nygh vnto the waters side, be blak of coloure. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 772 The towne was than mooste parte all the houses covered with strawe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xix. 32 The moare parte knewe not wherefore they were come togedder. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 166 [Mankynde] leuand maist part in all vice. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 13 They ride the most part, without sadles, spurs, or shoes on their horses. 1610 Acta Capit. Christ Church, Canterbury 17 July (MS.) To ymbarn in the Barnes..all or the more part of the tythe corne. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiv. 150 Amongst such kind of collective Ideas, are to be counted most part of artificial Things. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 48 Their Spendthrift Sons..have dipt most part of their Estates in Judgements, Bonds, and Warrents. 1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 95 He goes Generally in Winter in good thick Rug, and in Summer most part in a Highland Plaid. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 21 Since pulpits fail, and sounding-boards reflect Most part an empty ineffectual sound. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxvi. 21 During most part of the Peloponnesian war, Cyprus became sensibly dishellenised. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 117 The more part of them perished by falling over the rocks. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. II. 159/1 He entered the diplomatic service as attaché..in 1840, during most part of which year he was employed in Egypt. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. a 16/1 While individual exposures have, for the more part, been kept well below the regulatory limit..the collective dose has dramatically increased. 1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 4184 (caption) Long (3) viruses, including most part of the G protein ectodomain, was amplified as illustrated at the top. < as lemmas |
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