| 单词 | to have an eye to the main chance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look (also have an eye, etc.) to the main chance ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or opportunity chance1297 occasiona1382 opportunitya1387 fair play?a1500 main chance1577 venturea1625 opening1752 ettle1768 slant1837 sporting chance1897 open go1918 a fair crack of the whip1929 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > likeliest course to obtain success main chance1577 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] weenOE likeliheadc1405 likelinessc1405 likelihood1427 probabilityc1443 probablenessc1443 likehood1525 towardness1549 main chance1577 towardliness1579 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > most important moreOE firstc1275 principala1393 chiefa1400 main chance1577 forefront1589 principal verb1602 centre of gravity1718 avatar1859 main stem1900 Big Apple1909 prima ballerina1923 centrepiece1937 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek or look after one's own interest [verb (intransitive)] to shift for oneselfa1513 to lick one's fingers1530 to lick the trencher1542 to serve one's (also one's own) turn1560 to have an eye to (also for) the main chance1584 to look (also have an eye, etc.) to the main chance1592 squint1642 to mind, provide for, be careful of the main chance1645 to fish for oneself1647 to scratch for oneself1850 to play politics1860 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 420/1 in Chron. I Nothing could be either more fond or foolish than to fight at pleasure of the enimie, and to set all on a maine chance at his wil and appoyntment. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 37v Good Father either content your selfe wyth my choice [sc. of a husband], or let me stand to the maine chaunce. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 9v When their other trades fail..then to maintaine the main-chaunce, they vse the benefit of their wiues or frends. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. M Haue an eie to the maine-chaunce, for no sooner shall they vnderstand what thou hast said by mee of them, but theyle goe neere to haue thee about the eares for this geare. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 78 A man may prophecie, With a neere ayme of the maine chance of things, As yet not come to life. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ix. xviii. 327 Every one should have lived and died according to the fatall course of his owne severall destinie, without the hazard of the whole and maine chance [L. summa rerum]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xvi. 402 So ashamed in themselves they were,..and so mightily feared the losse of the verie maine chance at home, as if the enemie had beene already at the gates of the cittie. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 22 With whom the Romans for many yeeres maintained war,..for the very main-chance of life and living. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1822 It behoued the Bashaw to looke to the main chance for the quenching of the Fire. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 2 Yet withall he was carefull of the main chance to keep the essentials of his Crown. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 64 None so fit to prescribe; to direct the Enterprize, and secure the Main Chance. to have an eye to (also for) the main chance 2. Something which is of principal importance in life; a livelihood; (now) esp. the opportunity of enriching or otherwise benefiting oneself. Often in to have an eye to (also for) the main chance: to have consideration for one's own interests; also to mind, provide for, be careful of the main chance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > most important > in life main chance1584 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > most important > other main chance1584 all the world1600 masterworkc1606 state1656 foreground1817 axis1818 big one1924 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek or look after one's own interest [verb (intransitive)] to shift for oneselfa1513 to lick one's fingers1530 to lick the trencher1542 to serve one's (also one's own) turn1560 to have an eye to (also for) the main chance1584 to look (also have an eye, etc.) to the main chance1592 squint1642 to mind, provide for, be careful of the main chance1645 to fish for oneself1647 to scratch for oneself1850 to play politics1860 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > personal benefit or advantage commodity1410 singularity1426 commodomec1547 particularityc1550 commodie1575 main chance1584 self-good1594 self-interest1595 job1680 1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London i. sig. E ij b Trust me thou art as craftie to haue an eye to the mayne chaunce: As the Taylor that out of seuen yardes stole one and a halfe of durance. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. viii. 8 [Bacon] scarce left money..which..did argue no great Wisdom, it being one of the essentiall properties of a Wiseman to provide for the main chance. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 136 Shall we be lesse carefull of the main-chance, even of the eternal inheritance of Heaven? 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 128 Wise Men will..take care of the main Chance, and provide for Accidents and Age. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xx. 128 Bubalion..thinks himself wise, and passeth for one that minds the main chance. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋6 My Master..had all the good qualities which naturally arise from a close and unwearied attention to the main chance. 1767 T. Gray Let. 5 Nov. in Corr. (1971) III. 979 Come quickly, if the main chance will suffer you, or I will know the reason why. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. xi. 371 The main chance is all that is worth thinking of. 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 159 A Scotchman looks only to the main-chance. 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 108 The parents..never objected to their sprout showing himself handy in looking after the main chance. 1902 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer IV. i. 36 It..cannot be said that an eye for the main chance is inconsistent with the poetical character. 1933 L. Strachey Characters & Comm. i. ii. 13 The precept ‘il faut cultiver notre jardin’ has come down to the degenerate descendants of Candide in the form of ‘Have an eye to the main chance’—a very different exhortation. 1988 R. Christiansen Romantic Affinities iii. 111 Imlay was a man to grab at the main chance, ever ready to drop his scruples. < as lemmas |
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