英语词汇“to be all things to all men”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P10. to be all things to all men and variants: to please everyone, typically by fitting in with their needs or expectations.Before the 19th cent. usually with reference or allusion to 1 Corinthians 9:22.

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the world > action or operation > ability > be able to [verb (intransitive)] > be versatile

to be all things to all menc1384

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. ix. 22 To alle men I am maad alle thingis.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 112 Poule studied to plese all men in oure lorde, & was made all þinges to all men.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Cor. ix. 22 To the weake became I as weake, That I might gain the weake. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meanes save some.

1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 59 To become all things to all men, with the Doctor of the Gentiles, that Omniformist.

1763 C. Churchill Prophecy of Famine 11 If they, directed by Paul's holy pen, Become discreetly all things to all men, That all men may become all things to them, Envy may hate, but justice can't condemn.

1784 J. Wesley Let. 28 June (1931) VII. 224 Accommodableness is only the art of becoming all things to all men without wounding our own conscience.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 89 Theognis bids his friend (Cyrnus) be as much as possible all things to all men.

1907 E. Charteris in D. Elcho Short Acct. Affairs Scotl. 29 Grant..was all things to all men, a Jacobite to Jacobites, a Georgite to Georgites, and an agreeable companion to every one.

1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service ix. 86 I pointed out to him that it is of the essence of a barmaid's duties that she be all things to all men.

1999 L. Norfolk in A. Holgate & H. Wilson-Fletcher Test of Time 125 Our increasing geographical homogeneity makes it easier for a book to be all things to all men.

单词	to be all things to all men
释义	> as lemmas to be all things to all men P10. to be all things to all men and variants: to please everyone, typically by fitting in with their needs or expectations.Before the 19th cent. usually with reference or allusion to 1 Corinthians 9:22. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > be able to [verb (intransitive)] > be versatile to be all things to all menc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. ix. 22 To alle men I am maad alle thingis. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 112 Poule studied to plese all men in oure lorde, & was made all þinges to all men. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Cor. ix. 22 To the weake became I as weake, That I might gain the weake. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all meanes save some. View more context for this quotation 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 59 To become all things to all men, with the Doctor of the Gentiles, that Omniformist. 1763 C. Churchill Prophecy of Famine 11 If they, directed by Paul's holy pen, Become discreetly all things to all men, That all men may become all things to them, Envy may hate, but justice can't condemn. 1784 J. Wesley Let. 28 June (1931) VII. 224 Accommodableness is only the art of becoming all things to all men without wounding our own conscience. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 89 Theognis bids his friend (Cyrnus) be as much as possible all things to all men. 1907 E. Charteris in D. Elcho Short Acct. Affairs Scotl. 29 Grant..was all things to all men, a Jacobite to Jacobites, a Georgite to Georgites, and an agreeable companion to every one. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service ix. 86 I pointed out to him that it is of the essence of a barmaid's duties that she be all things to all men. 1999 L. Norfolk in A. Holgate & H. Wilson-Fletcher Test of Time 125 Our increasing geographical homogeneity makes it easier for a book to be all things to all men. extracted from alladj.pron.n.adv.conj. < as lemmas
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