英语词汇“to be better than one's word”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P11. to be better than one's word (also promise): to do more than one has promised. Cf. as good as one's word (also promise) at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 4e.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > beyond what one has promised

to be better than one's word (also promise)1627

1627 T. Gataker Ieroboams Sonnes Decease 33 God oft in such cases is better than his word.

1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iv. 167 God may be better than His word.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xiv. 283 I was indeed better than my Word: For I returned to him that very Afternoon.

1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued IV. 87 When Madame de Rambouillet alighted to rien que pisser, she was better than her word.

1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol v. 78 Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more.

1874 A. Trollope Lady Anna I. xiii. 169 Minnie was better than her promise.

1905 W. Cheney Way of North xv. 195 Marfa Alexandrovna had been better than her word and had furnished us not only with an interpreter, but also bearers to advance our loads.

1966 T. Clancy Marine (new ed.) 295 Colonel Newman was better than his word, and the big CH-53E with its security team arrived eighteen minutes after the emergency call.

1995 J. Dean Managing Primary School (ed. 2) x. 133 It is better to err on the cautious side and then please people by being better than your word.

单词	to be better than one's word
释义	> as lemmas to be better than one's word (also promise) P11. to be better than one's word (also promise): to do more than one has promised. Cf. as good as one's word (also promise) at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 4e. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > beyond what one has promised to be better than one's word (also promise)1627 1627 T. Gataker Ieroboams Sonnes Decease 33 God oft in such cases is better than his word. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iv. 167 God may be better than His word. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xiv. 283 I was indeed better than my Word: For I returned to him that very Afternoon. View more context for this quotation 1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued IV. 87 When Madame de Rambouillet alighted to rien que pisser, she was better than her word. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol v. 78 Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more. 1874 A. Trollope Lady Anna I. xiii. 169 Minnie was better than her promise. 1905 W. Cheney Way of North xv. 195 Marfa Alexandrovna had been better than her word and had furnished us not only with an interpreter, but also bearers to advance our loads. 1966 T. Clancy Marine (new ed.) 295 Colonel Newman was better than his word, and the big CH-53E with its security team arrived eighteen minutes after the emergency call. 1995 J. Dean Managing Primary School (ed. 2) x. 133 It is better to err on the cautious side and then please people by being better than your word. extracted from betteradj.n.¹adv. < as lemmas
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