英语词汇“to be in the eye of the beholder”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(iii) beauty is in the eye of the beholder and variants: beauty is not judged objectively, but according to personal estimation; (more generally) something which one person finds attractive or admirable may not appeal to another. Hence of other qualities: to be in the eye of the beholder. [Compare Hellenistic Greek ἠ̂ γὰρ ἔρωτι πολλάκις..τὰ μὴ καλὰ καλὰ πέφανται ‘for in the eyes of love that which is not beautiful often seems beautiful’ (Theocritus Idyll 6. 18)] .

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1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. xxxviii. 94 Outward beauty is more in the eye of the beholder, then in the face that is seene.

1652 W. Jenkyn Expos. Jude: 1st Pt. vi. 508 Outward evils are but appearing, and opinionative, and all their deformity is in the eye of the beholder.

1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon Disc. War with Spain in Philos. Wks. II. 187 The old Observation is true, that the Spaniards Valour lies in the Eye of the Looker on; but the English Valour lies about the Soldier's Heart.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 265 Beauty seems a very uncertain charm; and frequently is less in the object, than in the eye of the beholder.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. ii. 45 Most true is it that ‘beauty is in the eye of the gazer’.

1883 Life 25 Jan. 37/2 The editor explained to him that as beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, so does praise in the recipient's ear.

1917 Camera Craft Apr. 151 I know too well the old retort that modesty and indecency are all in the eye of the beholder.

1989 Forbes (Nexis) 21 Aug. 44 Value, as any metaphysicist knows, is in the eye of the beholder.

2012 Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 Dec. 7 Many people like the look of wind turbines—beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

单词	to be in the eye of the beholder
释义	> as lemmas to be in the eye of the beholder (iii) beauty is in the eye of the beholder and variants: beauty is not judged objectively, but according to personal estimation; (more generally) something which one person finds attractive or admirable may not appeal to another. Hence of other qualities: to be in the eye of the beholder. [Compare Hellenistic Greek ἠ̂ γὰρ ἔρωτι πολλάκις..τὰ μὴ καλὰ καλὰ πέφανται ‘for in the eyes of love that which is not beautiful often seems beautiful’ (Theocritus Idyll 6. 18)] . ΚΠ 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. xxxviii. 94 Outward beauty is more in the eye of the beholder, then in the face that is seene. 1652 W. Jenkyn Expos. Jude: 1st Pt. vi. 508 Outward evils are but appearing, and opinionative, and all their deformity is in the eye of the beholder. 1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon Disc. War with Spain in Philos. Wks. II. 187 The old Observation is true, that the Spaniards Valour lies in the Eye of the Looker on; but the English Valour lies about the Soldier's Heart. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 265 Beauty seems a very uncertain charm; and frequently is less in the object, than in the eye of the beholder. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. ii. 45 Most true is it that ‘beauty is in the eye of the gazer’. 1883 Life 25 Jan. 37/2 The editor explained to him that as beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, so does praise in the recipient's ear. 1917 Camera Craft Apr. 151 I know too well the old retort that modesty and indecency are all in the eye of the beholder. 1989 Forbes (Nexis) 21 Aug. 44 Value, as any metaphysicist knows, is in the eye of the beholder. 2012 Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 Dec. 7 Many people like the look of wind turbines—beauty is in the eye of the beholder. extracted from eyen.¹ < as lemmas
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