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

d. the past is prologue and variants: present events and circumstances are shaped by the past; (hence) the past must be taken into account when studying the present or planning the future. [In allusion to the line in Shakespeare's Tempest (see quot. a1616), displayed in the form ‘What is past is prologue’ at the entrance to the National Archive in Washington, D.C. and quoted, 10 June 1936, by President F. D. Roosevelt ( Public Papers & Addr. (1938) V. lxiv. 202).]

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 258 An act Whereof, what's past is Prologue; what to come In yours, and my discharge. ]

1943 Sci. Monthly July 82/2 The past is prologue, the present is calamity, and the future will take care of itself.

1959 C. Ellis in J. King Conservation Fight Introd. p. viii Nothing could demonstrate that the ‘Past is Prologue’ better than a ruling of the Comptroller General of the United States in this year of 1958. For that ruling is merely a reiteration of the arguments of the special interests which [etc.].

1962 Times 16 Feb. 11/5 The past was a prologue and it gave a sense of confidence in the future, Mr. Kennedy said.

1975 Business Week (Nexis) 17 Feb. (Internat. Business section) 38 The past is by no means prologue in the auto industry, but many car makers see continued hard times.

2003 Washington Post 7 Aug. (Loudoun Extra) t2 If past is prologue, these are the identical purveyors of distrust who invited farmers and other landowners of western Loudoun..to similar ‘land-use friendly’ meetings and then ignored their pleas.

单词	the past is prologue
释义	> as lemmas the past is prologue d. the past is prologue and variants: present events and circumstances are shaped by the past; (hence) the past must be taken into account when studying the present or planning the future. [In allusion to the line in Shakespeare's Tempest (see quot. a1616), displayed in the form ‘What is past is prologue’ at the entrance to the National Archive in Washington, D.C. and quoted, 10 June 1936, by President F. D. Roosevelt ( Public Papers & Addr. (1938) V. lxiv. 202).] ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 258 An act Whereof, what's past is Prologue; what to come In yours, and my discharge. View more context for this quotation] 1943 Sci. Monthly July 82/2 The past is prologue, the present is calamity, and the future will take care of itself. 1959 C. Ellis in J. King Conservation Fight Introd. p. viii Nothing could demonstrate that the ‘Past is Prologue’ better than a ruling of the Comptroller General of the United States in this year of 1958. For that ruling is merely a reiteration of the arguments of the special interests which [etc.]. 1962 Times 16 Feb. 11/5 The past was a prologue and it gave a sense of confidence in the future, Mr. Kennedy said. 1975 Business Week (Nexis) 17 Feb. (Internat. Business section) 38 The past is by no means prologue in the auto industry, but many car makers see continued hard times. 2003 Washington Post 7 Aug. (Loudoun Extra) t2 If past is prologue, these are the identical purveyors of distrust who invited farmers and other landowners of western Loudoun..to similar ‘land-use friendly’ meetings and then ignored their pleas. extracted from pastadj.n. < as lemmas
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