| 单词 | to mind, provide for, be careful of the main chance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mind, provide for, be careful of 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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