| 单词 | to do one's sums |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do one's sums Phrases P1. in sum [compare Anglo-Norman en sume, Middle French, French en somme in essence (13th cent.), classical Latin in summa] . ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] shortlyc893 brieflya1300 shortc1374 in sumc1384 compendiously1398 in brief1423 roundlya1516 succinctly?1537 brief1557 succinct1593 abbreviately1599 compactly1603 laconically1631 presslya1637 compactedly1649 curtly1654 concisely1686 laconicly1709 straightforwardly1874 scantly1885 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short at a (also one) wordOE at few wordsOE shortly1303 in short wordsc1380 oncec1384 in short and plainc1386 in sum?a1425 at short wordsa1450 at short1513 briefly?1521 in a word1522 in one word1522 with a word1522 summa1535 to be short1544 in (the) fine1545 in few1550 summarily1567 in a sum1574 in shorta1577 in brief1609 briefa1616 in a little1623 tout court1747 sans phrase1808 in a nutshell1822 in nuce1854 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. vii. 1 In sum, or litil wordis [a1425 L.V. schortli; L. summatim]. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 357 Axest þou in somme of what gilt I am accused? 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aii A treatyse..that shulde conteyne in somme the sentences of illumined doctours, concernyng perfeccion. 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) xix. 94/2 Eliphas taketh a generall sentence, and afterwarde specisyeth that thing by particular examples, whiche hee had spoken in a summe. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 339 To speake in summe more truely. a1709 J. Fraser Chrons. Frasers (1905) 418 [They] interrogat him if he appointed not his sone Richard, replyed in a sume, Yea. b. Used as an introductory or parenthetical statement: to sum up, to conclude in few words; in brief, in short. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short at a (also one) wordOE at few wordsOE shortly1303 in short wordsc1380 oncec1384 in short and plainc1386 in sum?a1425 at short wordsa1450 at short1513 briefly?1521 in a word1522 in one word1522 with a word1522 summa1535 to be short1544 in (the) fine1545 in few1550 summarily1567 in a sum1574 in shorta1577 in brief1609 briefa1616 in a little1623 tout court1747 sans phrase1808 in a nutshell1822 in nuce1854 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 144 (MED) In soume, neþerlez wil Auicen þat rupte men leue replecioun & metez inflatyuez. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Vision of Abdy in Aggeus & Abdias Prophetes sig. A2.v. In summe: No violent thinge can longe endure. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. ii. 25 In summe they believe all that is taught by the Church, but not by the Court of Rome. 1761 H. Walpole Let. 5 May in Corr. (1941) IX. 364 We have lost a young genius... He was shot very unnecessarily, riding too near a battery. In sum, he is a sacrifice to his own rashness,—and to ours. 1876 T. Le M. Douse Grimm's Law 107 Hence, in sum, we arrive at simple and symmetrical expressions of all the cases of irregularity. 1972 Ethnology 1 373 Theoretical advance in ethnozoology, in sum, should involve assessment of broad interrelated cultural areas. 2004 fRoots Dec. 33/1 Of course, Alan had a political motivation. In sum, he was a Breton regionalist and a pan-Celtist. P2. a. the sum of things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > general or public wealth1390 common gooda1393 the sum of things?c1400 public good1427 commonweal1429 weal1444 commonwealtha1450 public weala1470 common publicc1475 weal-public1495 public wealth1541 public welfare1579 publica1586 public interest1591 the public (also general) concern1707 summa rerum1715 the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the totality of being the sum of things?c1400 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. vi. l. 4026 Ofte tyme it bitideþ þat þe somme of þinges þat ben to don is taken to good folk to gouerne. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 673 Had not th' Almightie Father..Consulting on the sum of things, foreseen This tumult. View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 268 The Modern Chiefs were holding a Consult upon the Sum of Things. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lix. 276 Concessions, such as these, are of little moment to the sum of things. 1917 A. E. Housman in Times 31 Oct. 7/2 What God abandoned, these [army of mercenaries] defended, And saved the sum of things for pay. (b) The totality of existence; the universe. ΚΠ 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxvi. 128 The glory of the sum of things Will flash along the chords and go. View more context for this quotation 1877 W. K. Clifford Lect. (1886) 394 (title) By a cosmic emotion..I mean an emotion which is felt in regard to the universe or sum of things, viewed as a cosmos or order. 1958 Philos. Q. 8 287 Many things can be said about items in the universe that cannot be said with equal propriety about the sum of things. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Apr. 27 Your name shouts out loud and strong that you are an invaluable and integral part of the sum of things. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] > sum total or upshot the shorta1500 summa summarum1567 the sum of sums1592 the long and the short of1622 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes H2v The summe of summes is this. 1621 W. Bas tr. R. Smith Of Author & Substance Protestant Church & Relig. i. vi. 85 It is the summe of summes, and cheifest head. 1641 J. Dawson tr. J. Drexel Right Intention Rule of All Mens Actions i. vi. 89 The summe of summes is this: Thou hast done foolishly my Saul. 1953 H. Caldwell tr. M. de Assis Dom Casmurro (1993) cxlviii. 263 One thing remains and it is the sum of sums, the rest of the residuum, to wit, that my first love and my greatest friend,..were destined to join together and deceive me. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] sumc1300 sumc1300 so muchc1384 quantity1405 sum in gross (also in great)1421 summa?a1425 amount1450 sold1513 bankc1530 quantum1602 cash1677 amt.1744 figure1842 a bit1894 1421 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 162/2 The said Ambassiatours shall cast to what Some the Wages aboveseid wole drawe to for every of hem..and profre hym that Some in grete. ?1578 Orders to be executed in Places infected with Plague sig. A.iiiv They shall deuise and make a generall taxation, eyther by charging the Towne infected with one summe in grosse, or by charging the speciall persons of wealth within the same. a1634 E. Coke 2nd Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1642) 659 The rent was paid as a summe in grosse. 1711 Law of Covenants i. 8 This shall be a Rent, and not a Sum in gross. 1815 Carolina Law Repository May 67 A sum in gross cannot be reserved to the principal. 1964 Columbia Law Rev. 64 351 A person claiming a divided interest in land upon which a sum in gross is taxed must pay such part of the sum ‘as the treasurer may deem to be just and equitable’. P4. sum and substance: the essence of something; the real or essential meaning.In quot. a1616: the entirety. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] pitheOE i-cundeeOE roota1325 substancec1330 juicec1380 marrowa1382 formc1385 acta1398 quidditya1398 substantial forma1398 inward1398 savourc1400 inwardc1450 allaya1456 essencya1475 being1521 bottom1531 spirit?1534 summary1548 ecceity1549 core1556 flower1568 formality1570 sum and substance1572 alloy1594 soul1598 inwardness1605 quid1606 fibre1607 selfness1611 whatness1611 essentialityc1616 propera1626 the whole shot1628 substantiala1631 esse1642 entity1643 virtuality1646 ingeny1647 quoddity1647 intimacy1648 ens1649 inbeing1661 essence1667 interiority1701 intrinsic1716 stamen1758 character1761 quidditas1782 hyparxis1792 rasa1800 bone1829 what1861 isness1865 inscape1868 as-suchness1909 Wesen1959 1572 E. Cradock Shippe of Assured Safetie iv. x. 447 He will satisfie him with long life, and in the ende shew him his saluation: wherin ye very summe and substaunce of all blessednesse dothe most fully and perfitly consist. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. i. 16 My riches, are these poore habiliments, Of which, if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I haue. View more context for this quotation 1657 R. Sanderson 14 Serm. Pref. sig. B This is the summe and substance of the usual Censures and Objections of our Anti-Ceremonian Brethren. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xv. 295 What is the Sum and Substance, Scope and End of Christ's Religion, but the Love of God and Man? 1852 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xii. 144 The Sermon on the Mount contains the sum and substance of Christianity. 1969 G. Friel Grace & Miss Partridge xi in Glasgow Trilogy (1999) 367 The familiar carefree sessions that used to be the sum and substance and irreplaceable pleasure of a Friday night. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 158 Men and women don't think the same way, don't communicate the same way, don't buy for the same reasons. That's the sum and substance of this Trend. P5. to do one's sums. a. To do arithmetic which has been assigned as schoolwork or homework. Cf. sense 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic > do arithmetic [verb (intransitive)] cipher1530 count1588 arithmetizea1658 to do one's sums1818 sum1838 figure1854 1818 M. Hughes Alchemist i. 53 ‘I am sure this Vocabulary is so very hard...’ ‘Then suppose you do not learn it till the evening, and do your sums now?’ 2002 J. Sharry Parent Power 22 Tony..would dawdle and delay doing his homework..and pretend he didn't know how to do his sums. b. Also to do the sums. To make a calculation based on the relevant facts and figures; to work out a cost, amount, etc. (sometimes with the implication that the answer is obvious).Cf. to do the math at math n.3 Phrases. ΚΠ 1915 Kentucky Law Jrnl. 3 21 If I have done my sums correctly, the State would collect taxes on $250,000 worth of property. 1986 Canberra Times 27 July 10/6 There was a lot of interest [in part-time positions] at first but not as much when it came to the crunch. Perhaps when people did their sums they realised what it meant to halve their salary. 2012 Time Out Las Vegas 62 The players flocked to the machines with the higher returns. Casinos did the sums and realised it was better to get five per cent of a lot than 30 per cent of nothing. P6. the sum of its parts: the combined effectiveness, impact, value, etc., that something would be expected to have on the basis of considering the merits of its individual parts or constituents. Chiefly in greater (also more, less) than the sum of its parts. ΚΠ 1861 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 695/1 In the world of art the whole is virtually greater than the sum of its parts, and the half is often more valuable than the whole. 1896 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 7 91 The ideal home is more than the sum of its parts. 1917 R. M. MacIver Community ii. i. 86 (heading) Community as ‘greater than the sum of its parts’. 1960 Civilisations 10 478 The UN is not greater than the sum of all of its parts or even at times equal to the sum of its parts. In the instant case—the Congo crisis—the UN is distinctly less than the sum of its parts. 2013 T. Thorn Bedsit Disco Queen 56 Something intangible happened when we got together, and we ended up producing music which was more than the sum of its parts. < as lemmas |
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