| 单词 | throwing away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrowing away throwing away n. ΚΠ 1569 T. Copley tr. St. Augustine Of Faith & Wks. viii, in R. Pole Treatie Iustification ii. f. 13 Doe ye penance? For therein is expressed a throwing away of the olde life, that they which be baptised, may put on a newe. 1665 P. Williams Φιλανθρωπια viii. §3. 127 It may seem, in the eyes of vain and foolish men, a throwing away of their life. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iv. 59 To..involve herself at nineteen in an engagement..would be, indeed, a throwing away, which she grieved to think of! 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 335/2 Jactus mercium (a throwing away of goods), jetsam. 1934 A. Nin Let. 27 Dec. in A. Nin & H. Miller Literate Passion (1989) 275 That throwing away of whatever you have wanted for a long time. 1991 P. Barker Regeneration i. 8 The throwing away of the medal still struck him as odd. < as lemmas |
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