单词 | to see life |
释义 | > as lemmasto see life f. The active or practical part of human existence; the business, active pleasures, or pursuits of the world; frequently to see life. Also: the position of participating in the affairs of the world, of being a recognized member of society; esp. in to begin (also enter) life, to settle in life.the university of life: see university n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > active part of mortal coil1604 life1763 struggle for existence, for lifea1827 society > society and the community > social relations > have social communication [verb (intransitive)] > mix in society show1631 to go out1735 to see life1763 mix1816 to get out1835 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > affairs > of life worldOE human affairs1542 life1763 nightlife1852 comédie humaine1876 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 372 I, being elevated with liquor, could not pass by a night-house, always being fond of seeing life, as the term is. 1768 N. Burwell Let. 28 June in F. Mason John Norton & Sons (1968) 55 As I am entering into Life, it will be neessisary [sic] to fix a Correspondence with some Gentleman in the Virginia Trade. 1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling (1886) 26 She had been ushered into life (as that word is used in the dialect of St. James's) at seventeen. 1784 Unfortunate Sensibility II. 182 The disadvantages of entering life without money. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. i. 9 I was dying to see a little of life. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. i. 18 You..are, in a wild fit of folly, throwing away from you such an opportunity of being settled in life, eligibly, honourably, nobly settled, as will, probably, never occur to you again. View more context for this quotation 1819 Sporting Mag. 5 123 All the frolic, fun, lark, gig, life, gammon, and trying-it-on are depicted. 1851 H. Mayhew Mayhew's Characters (1951) 309 I liked to see ‘life’, as it was called, and fond of the company of women. 1874 G. W. Dasent Half a Life III. 123 To see me happily settled in life. 1885 ‘E. Garrett’ At Any Cost vii. 112 Does a man want..to ‘see life’ in metropolitan boulevards and continental spas? 1918 C. Mackenzie Early Life Sylvia Scarlett ii. iv. 332 I've got a fancy..to show you a bit of life. 1937 A. Christie Death on Nile ii. i. 41 He's made a good deal of money and he's seeing life, I fancy. 1989 B. Head Tales Tenderness & Power (1990) 141 I am the dreamer and storyteller... I have seen life. I am drunk with the magical enchantment of human relationships. 2002 L. Purcell Black Chicks Talking 328 And when we got settled in life, and she got older, she said, ‘Mum, I want my own room.’ < as lemmas |
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