| 单词 | to be no better than |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be no (or little) better than a. to be no (or little) better than: to be just (or almost) the same as (something bad, inferior, etc.); to be merely (the thing specified). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > licentious [phrase] no better thanc1330 c1330 Simonie (Auch.) (1991) l. 108 Þanne is a lewed prest no betre þan a iay. c1475 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Caius) l. 8782 To honoure so pore a knyght That was no better and [read than] a page. 1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel Apol. Churche Eng. sig. Aiiii Kings and princes..condemned all Christians..and didde compt them no better than the vilest fylth. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ix. 438 Making their corrupt bodies no better than sinkes of sinnes, and spittles of diseases. 1641 W. Thomas Speech in Parl. 12 What indignity it was, that a she daughter of France, being promised to be a Queene, was become no better than a waiting woman. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 249 [He is] no better than a negative traitor to his country. 1781 G. Gibson Let. 5 Feb. in T. Jefferson Papers (1951) IV. 529 They are little better than Dril Serjeants. 1890 Spectator 13 Sept. Dr. Liddon had early realised that preaching does not come by nature;..that amateur sermonising is no better than amateur acting. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 1 July 35/2 It is distressing indeed to read in this day and age that nurses are still considered little better than highly paid housemaids. 2002 W. Rhode Paperback Raita (2003) 140 He stood up for his artistic integrity. Otherwise he would have just been..no better than a whipping boy. < as lemmas |
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