单词 | to lead by example |
释义 | > as lemmasto lead (also encourage, teach, etc.) by example b. More generally: action or behaviour, esp. that considered commendable or worthy of imitation, which may influence or inspire others to act in the same way. Frequently in to lead (also encourage, teach, etc.) by example, to learn by (also from) example.See also example is better than precept at Phrases 5. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a pattern or model of conduct > action or conduct that induces imitation examplea1398 role modelling1959 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. xvi. 80 Hy [sc. the angels] fongiþ by ȝifte, and ȝeueþ forþ by example. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. D3 I haue vndertaken to conduct the learner by example, howe to behaue himselfe. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 47 Well, you know what example is able to do. View more context for this quotation a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 73 Example, that imperious Dictator Of all that's good, or bad to human Nature. a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1777) ii. 25 History is Philosophy teaching by example. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 125 Example is the school of mankind. 1836 C. M. Sedgwick Poor Rich Man & Rich Poor Man xii. 117 You say..that it is women's work to teach manners to the children; but, don't you think they learn them mostly from example? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 610 He had been seen on foot, pike in hand, encouraging his infantry by voice and by example. 1939 R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. xi. 143 ‘Folk-memory’..the transmission by example and precept of certain ways of thinking and acting from generation to generation. 1989 Byte Aug. 242 (advt.) NeuroShell learns by example..and doesn't try to capture knowledge in rules. 2002 Times (Nexis) 20 Nov. (Sport section) 40 The younger England players will be looking to senior figures..to lead by example. < as lemmas |
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