| 单词 | the eleventh commandment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe eleventh commandment d. Also used allusively of other sets of rules, implying that they take the place of the Decalogue: so, jestingly or ironically, the new commandment, the eleventh commandment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > commandment or precept > one of a set of commandmenta1577 a1577 Gascoigne (title) The Wyll of the Deuyll; with his ten detestable Commaundementes, directed to his obedient and accursed chyldren. 1615 (title) Pope Paulus V..His Ten Commandments, given to Marquis Spinola, in English, together with the Dutch original. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Sept. 1/1 The new and great commandment that nothing succeeds like success. 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew iii He had learned the eleventh commandment [do not tell tales out of school] to the echo, and was the safest confidant to be found within the four seas. [The ‘eleventh commandment’ of modern cynicism is ‘Thou shalt not be found out’.] < as lemmas |
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