单词 | branch of study |
释义 | > as lemmasbranch of study a. A division of a subject; a subdivision of a general concept or notion; a department of any study, pursuit, or employment; frequently in phraseological combinations, (where department may be substituted), as branch of activity, branch of industry, branch of study, etc. Also branch of the revenue, branch of the prerogative, etc. ΚΠ 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xi. xl As to the fourth part, Pronouncyacyon, I shal it shewe anone..Wyth many braunches of it. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 59 The sisters three, and such braunches of learning. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvi. 141 Fidelity..a branch of naturall Justice. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 223 Thus fell that High Court [the star-chamber], a great Branch of the Prerogative. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 288. ⁋3 Indian Silks were formerly a great Branch of our Trade. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 94 Their Learning..flourished in all its Branches. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Pref. One branch of quackery. 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) V. lxvii. 109 The king's revenue lay under great debts and anticipations; those branches granted in the year 1669 and 1670 were ready to expire. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. iii. 25 She was..obliged to seek another branch of the subject. View more context for this quotation 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. 239 The Phœnicians..introduced letters, along with other branches of knowledge. < as lemmas |
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