单词 | to come in between |
释义 | > as lemmasto come in between to come in between 1. intransitive. To interfere so as to disrupt or break relations between people; to act as an obstacle between someone and something; to intervene. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > intervene or come in the course of middlec1384 to come in between1566 intercura1575 intervenea1610 interpass1613 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > of a thing to come in between1566 intervene1649 1566 J. Rastell Treat.: Beware of M. Iewel i. iii. sig. H.iii Hitherto he hath made a plaine way to the matter, by putting asyde suche doubts, as might come in betwene through occasion of wordes mistaken and misunderstanden. 1700 G. Stanhope Serm. preach'd upon Several Occasions xi. 323 When Men provide their dainty Meats, some weightier Matters may come in between, and hinder the paying our respects. 1732 Hive IV. 1 Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love; And when we meet a mutual heart, Come in between, and bid us part. 1826 A. Cunningham Paul Jones I. iv. 123 Honest Truth comes in between, and cries..Too light, too sunny. 1996 K. Negus Pop. Mus. in Theory iii. 66 The print, radio and televisual media come in between and influence the production and consumption of popular music. 2013 Lord Hamilton of Epsom in J. Blundell Remembering Margaret Thatcher 190 That never happened because the Brighton bomb came in between. ΚΠ 1567 J. Rastell Briefe Shew False Wares vii. f. 80 The Churche knoweth but two [sortes of mediatours], the one when the party which commeth in betweene to entreate and make peace, maie by equalytie or Authoritie, haue to doe with both. 1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 570 The Emperour Albert came in betweene to be a mediator of peace. to come in between —— to come in between —— 1. intransitive. To interfere so as to disrupt or break relations between; to act as an obstacle between; = to come between —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1652 T. Case Correction, Instr. 44 By letting out our affections inordinately to the creature, we suffer the world to come in between God and our hearts. 1670 G. Firmin Real Christian 266 He hath engaged against whatever it be that should come in between me and him, to make my heart unsound and rotten. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxi. 189 A man comes in between the pretended inseparables. 1842 Ladies' Compan. May 9/2 Alas! how often does the world come in between us and happiness! 1867 Archie's Ambition iii. 45 In days gone by..those two had been as one, and when a third and a strange love came in between them, the separation had cost them dear. 1915 E. B. Holt Freudian Wish 9 She likes a certain girl of my own age and always tries to come in between us and keep us apart. 1956 C. S. Lewis Till we have Faces (1984) 150 Their heart is never so wholly given to any matter but that some trifle..may come in between them and it. 2013 Blade (Toledo, Ohio) 1 Mar. We're a strong family, and we don't let anything come in between us. 2. intransitive. To act as a mediator or intermediary between; = to come between —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. rare.Chiefly in relation to, or as an explanation of, the term mediator. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)] > act as intermediate means to go betweenc1320 to come between ——?1492 intercede1578 factor1621 intermediate1624 trample1624 mediate1630 intervene1646 to come in between ——1676 1676 tr. Josephus Wks. xx. vi. 537 The quarrel grew to that heat..that on both sides divers of them were both killed and hurt... Foelix perceiving that this debate might breed a War, came in between them. 1860 Jrnl. Sacred Lit. July 450 Christ has come in between them as a mediator. 2008 J. van Loon Media Technol. vi. 130 The third party, the mediator, comes ‘in-between’ the (two) antagonistic parties in conflict to avoid a direct confrontation between them. < as lemmas |
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