单词 | to be of opinion |
释义 | > as lemmasto be of (the) opinion (that) c. to be of (the) opinion (that): to hold the belief or view; to think (that). Also with further syntactic variation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > form or hold an opinion [verb] ween971 trowc1000 to be of (the) opinion (that)c1425 to be of (rarely in) mind1567 to take measure(s)1650 to take a fair (also wrong, etc.) measure ofa1797 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 817 (MED) Iacobus de Vitriaco Is contrarie of oppynioun. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. eviijv/1 Thyery and the other were of thoppynyon of Rolland. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. l Noble men..which emongest theim selfes were not of one opinion. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xviii. 30 Some be of opinion..that the pastorall Poesie..should be the first of any other. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 49 All, that are of the same opinion, let them hold vp their hands. 1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 93 I am of Opinion..that the hitherto unknown use of the Spleen, is to interrupt the Fermentation of the Blood. 1735 B. Franklin Man of Sense 11 Feb. in Papers (1960) II. 16 I am really of that Opinion. 1785 T. Jefferson Let. 25 Sept. in Papers (1953) VIII. 549 If you are of the same opinion I would trouble you to send me two sets of table cloths and napkins. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 455 He was clearly of opinion they were both liable. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 106 They require you to dare to be of your own opinion. 1886 H. James Bostonians I. xii. 90 I am of the opinion..there was a lady behind everything. 1904 L. F. Baum Marvelous Land of Oz 129 These females are..of the opinion that men have ruled the land long enough. 1947 G. Vidal In Yellow Wood i. iii. 37 I am of the opinion that this is a rising market. 1991 Washington Post 14 July f4/2 I am firmly of the opinion that ecocide is our certain future. 2000 Canoeist Apr. 21/1 We were both of the opinion that this was a force 9 gale. < as lemmas |
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