| 单词 | the better part of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe better part of 5. Larger, greater. Chiefly in the better part of: almost all of, most of. Cf. best adj. 5.See also better half n. 1. discretion is the better part of valour: see discretion n. Phrases 3. 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 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1556 (MED) I bidde nevere a betre taxe. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 258 His purchaas was wel bettre than his rente. c1450 (?a1400) Parl. Thre Ages (BL Add. 31042) l. 139 The seconde segge..satte at his ese..iche bagge in his bosome bettir than othere. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health xlvi. 54 Let it boile untill the better part of the liquor be consumed. 1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) v. sig. N2 The better part of these braue Souldiers..lay, some dead, some halfe-dead sprawling on the ground. 1720 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 138 My worthy Brethren have done me the Honour, for the better Part of twenty Years, to place me in the Chair. 1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus I. Pref. p. xvii I..might have lived to have seen the better portion of the history of England completed. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) v. 168 For the better part Of two delightful hours we stroll'd along. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 11/1 After it has decomposed the better part of the vegetable matter in the surface soil, it should not be again applied there, until that soil has had a period of rest. 1913 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 9 May 8/4 Spending the better part of three years in studying the Pineys of New Jersey. 1956 Billboard 18 Feb. 108/3 Key music operators from all over the country spent the better portion of three days here at the Morrison Hotel. 1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors x. 125 ‘What's going on?’ a platinum-wigged biddy asked from one of the round, umbrellaed tables, apparently having killed the better part of a carafe of mad dog over brunch. 2006 Guardian 25 Jan. ii. 24 The battery lasts the better part of a day. < as lemmas |
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