单词 | to come on the scene |
释义 | > as lemmasto come (also arrive) on the scene a. The setting or context in which events unfold or current action is concentrated; the sphere or arena of activity; the focus of events. In later use often in to come (also arrive) on the scene and variants.Originally in extended metaphors presenting a real-life setting as a figurative stage or stage setting; cf. sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > in which something takes place or prevails nestc1390 grounda1400 seat1565 scene1593 locus in quoa1638 the scene of (the) action1650 sitea1657 venuea1843 1593 T. Lodge Phillis sig. A4 I That obscur'd haue fled the Sceane of Fame. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 125 True vertuous actions, are neuer seene vpon the Scene, but when by the necessitie of Lawes, they are enforced to show themselues. 1652 A. Ross Hist. World vi. xvii. 441 In Russia great commotions were raised by one Demetrius... He appearing on the Scene, gave out that he was hid in Monasteries, and educated by the Jesuits, that he might be the more inabled for Government. 1659 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1901) IV. 294 The persones in the proclamacion mencioned having made this citty parte of their scene to act their designe upon. 1781 Gentleman's & London Mag. Jan. 27/2 The next time Arnold appeared on the scene, was in August the same year, marching to the relief of Fort Stanwix then besieged by colonel St. Leger. 1790 G. Gregory Hist. Christian Church II. 133 Thus were the two chiefs of this deplorable war taken off the scene. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. ix. 181 My arrival on the scene was felt to be so much weight in the scale. 1889 Field 19 Jan. 67/3 Whereupon Mr. Calvert's solicitor came upon the scene, with a demand for an undertaking not to offend again. 1926 Melody Maker Sept. 61 Since ‘Nelly Kelly's Cabaret’ came on the scene, it's put fresh kick into dancing. 1946 G. S. Rosenthal & F. Zachery Jazzways 16 By 1907, Bolden had disappeared from the scene, confined to an insane asylum. 1979 ‘E. Ferrars’ Witness before Fact xv. 150 I don't know what things were like for you before he arrived on the scene, perhaps not so good. 2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) iii. 45 Abigail Henson arrives on the scene clutching a large bag of overly ketchupped chips. < as lemmas |
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