| 单词 | to make bar of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make bar of 20. Phrases: †to make bar of: to stop short at. †by the bar: by means of the very obstacle interposed. in bar (of, rarely to): as a sufficient reason or plea (against), to prevent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering [phrase] > by means of the obstacle interposed by the barc1590 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > stop short of (some action) to make bar ofc1590 to stop short of1817 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [phrase] > as sufficient reason to prevent in bar (of, rarely to)a1715 c1590 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. ii In extremity We ought to make bar of no policy. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. ix. 279 By the barre, as one would say, whereof they continued..without taking any harme. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 463 Their protestations was only in barr to the Lords doing any thing besides the trial. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xii. 280 Danby..pleaded a pardon secretly obtained from the king, in bar of the prosecution. 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xiv. 205 These are the habits of life which are pleaded in bar of the daily worship of God. < as lemmas |
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