英语词汇“to mince the matter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. to mince the matter: to extenuate or make light of the particular matter in question (now rare). In later use usually to mince matters (chiefly in negative contexts): to use polite or moderate expressions to indicate disapproval, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > make excuses [verb (intransitive)] > extenuate

to mince the matter1533

mince1615

the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > not to moderate one's language

to mince matters1841

1533 [implied in: T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xiv. f. xcix The myncyng of suche maters. (at mincing n. 1a)].

1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 84 ^v Ear he obtaind the thing he sought, howe he his tong could fiell. To talk and mince the matter well, the better to disgeast.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 240 Iago, Thy honesty and loue doth mince this matter, Making it light to Cassio.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions ii. x. 209 Some Doctors..would either excuse, or mince the matter.

1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin xvii. 286 Here it [sc. the law] minceth not the matter with sinners.

1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) iii. v. 335 A learned Jew endeavours to mince the matter, and to turn the story into an allegory.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 82 Well, Tom, said he, don't mince the Matter. Tell me, before Mrs. Andrews, what they said.

1778 F. Burney Let. 27 Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 120 His determination not to mince the matter, when he thought reproof at all deserved.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 117 A candid ferocity, if the case call for it, is in him; he does not mince matters!

1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. ii. ii. 99 A man's speculative view depends, not to mince the matter, on the state of his secretions.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. iv. vi. 38 You mince matters to an uncommon nicety.

1891 M. Oliphant Jerusalem iv. iii. 483 Language of condemnation..made when men did not mince matters.

1948 Sunday Pictorial 18 July 12/3 I hope she and her two colleagues won't mince matters.

1982 B. Pym Unsuitable Attachment xix. 213 No point in mincing matters, it would only be like teaching somebody to swim by throwing them in the deep end.

单词	to mince the matter
释义	> as lemmas to mince the matter a. transitive. to mince the matter: to extenuate or make light of the particular matter in question (now rare). In later use usually to mince matters (chiefly in negative contexts): to use polite or moderate expressions to indicate disapproval, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > make excuses [verb (intransitive)] > extenuate to mince the matter1533 mince1615 the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > not to moderate one's language to mince matters1841 1533 [implied in: T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xiv. f. xcix The myncyng of suche maters. (at mincing n. 1a)]. 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 84 ^v Ear he obtaind the thing he sought, howe he his tong could fiell. To talk and mince the matter well, the better to disgeast. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 240 Iago, Thy honesty and loue doth mince this matter, Making it light to Cassio. View more context for this quotation 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions ii. x. 209 Some Doctors..would either excuse, or mince the matter. 1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin xvii. 286 Here it [sc. the law] minceth not the matter with sinners. 1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) iii. v. 335 A learned Jew endeavours to mince the matter, and to turn the story into an allegory. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 82 Well, Tom, said he, don't mince the Matter. Tell me, before Mrs. Andrews, what they said. 1778 F. Burney Let. 27 Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 120 His determination not to mince the matter, when he thought reproof at all deserved. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 117 A candid ferocity, if the case call for it, is in him; he does not mince matters! 1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. ii. ii. 99 A man's speculative view depends, not to mince the matter, on the state of his secretions. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. iv. vi. 38 You mince matters to an uncommon nicety. 1891 M. Oliphant Jerusalem iv. iii. 483 Language of condemnation..made when men did not mince matters. 1948 Sunday Pictorial 18 July 12/3 I hope she and her two colleagues won't mince matters. 1982 B. Pym Unsuitable Attachment xix. 213 No point in mincing matters, it would only be like teaching somebody to swim by throwing them in the deep end. extracted from mincev. < as lemmas
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