| 单词 | to hand down | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hand downto hand down  1.  transitive. To pass on (esp. knowledge, a tradition, property, or an item of clothing) to a later generation or age. Cf. to hand on at  Phrasal verbs, hand-me-down adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > transmit > pass on transfude?a1475 derivea1530 transmit1629 derivate1643 to hand down1651 to hand on1685 to pass on1791 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession			[verb (transitive)]		 > cause to descend by inheritance traduce1568 convey1592 bequeath1614 transmit1629 deduce1633 to hand down1722 to pass down1854 1651    N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 		(new ed.)	 125  				All along it hath been handed down to posterity, and reckoned among the rapsodies of medicines. 1692    In Praise of Epictetus in  E. Walker tr.  Epictetus Enchiridion sig. A3  				Every word..Your hearers have receiv'd as from an Oracle, And handed down to us. 1722    A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets  i. 4  				A good Estate..handed down frae Sire to Son, But Clag or Claim, for Ages past. 1790    E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 48  				The institutions of policy, the goods of fortune, the gifts of Providence, are handed down, to us. 1819    W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiv. 269  				In our own family, in particular, are secrets which have been handed down since the days of Solomon. 1882    M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 18  				The traditionary college misdemeanours handed down from generation to generation of undergraduates. 1947    K. S. Walker Brief for Ballet p. xviii  				Choreography, the evanescent art, has been handed down with insufficient notes from one dancer to another. 2004    Los Angeles Feb. 110/3  				Many brides want to carry on family legacies by wearing a dress handed down by their grandmothers.  2.  transitive. To announce formally; to give (an official decision or order); esp. to pass (judgment) on a person, to impose (a sentence). ΚΠ 1823    J. A. Paris  & J. S. M. Fonblanque Med. Jurispr. I.  ii. 174  				Alberti has handed down a decision of the faculty of Halle on this subject. 1878    Commerc. & Financial Chron. 21 Dec. 651/1  				Judge Daniels handed down a decision in the case of the United States Rollings Stock Company vs. John H. Devereux. 1890    Harper's Mag. Jan. 313  				The literary judgments which are handed down in the neighboring tribunal, the Study, are so sound and thoughtful and humane, [etc.]. 1918    Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. 15 Mar. 16/1  				The Supreme Court..handed down a ruling denying him a new trial. 1944    Sun 		(Baltimore)	 7 Feb. 1/1  				The Department of Labor..would be empowered to hand down decisions ‘which will stick and not be vetoed by any other Federal agency’. 1970    Morning Star 17 Feb.  				The American Civil Liberties Union has condemned sentences for contempt handed down by Judge Julius Hoffman. 2009    N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 33/1  				A beadily ambitious functionary who would carry out all orders handed down to him, no matter how cruel. < as lemmas | 
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