单词 | to be to the address of |
释义 | > as lemmasto be to the address of P1. to be to the address of: (of a statement, proposal, etc.) to be addressed to. Now rare. ΚΠ 1859 Times 5 May 10/1 The hint about the ‘incorrigible men of those old parties who are seen constantly to unite with our enemies’ is to the address of the Legitimists and Orleanists. 1894 M. Oliphant Sir Robert's Fortune xliv. 408 The majority of..[women] went to their graves without ever knowing it, except in a jibe, which was to the address of all women. 1937 B. E. C. Dugdale A. J. Balfour iv. 63 It was to the address of Joseph Chamberlain that Mr. Gladstone framed his proposals to ‘consider’ the question of Irish self-government. < as lemmas |
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