| 单词 | to pass over with silence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pass over with silence b. to pass over (something) in silence (also to pass over with silence): (of a person, text, account, etc.) to omit or refrain from comment on or discussion of (a matter, remark, etc.). Also similarly to pass (something) in silence (also to pass something with silence). ΚΠ 1526 W. Tyndale Prol. Epist. Rom. sig. cijv I passe over wyth sylence howe wyth oute all frute ye wyth howe tereble ignoraunce the laye and vnlerned people saye the pater noster and also the crede in the latyne tonge. 1558 J. Knox Appellation f. 25v Shall yee be excused, if with silence yee passe ouer his iniquitie? 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶3 As for the rest of my Infancy, there being nothing in it remarkable, I shall pass it over in Silence. 1852 Ann. Reg. 1851 235/2 I ought to pass with silence the events which, in spite of myself, have produced certain dissensions which will always be to be regretted. 1896 Documents & Corr. relating Question Boundary between Brit. Guiana & Venezuela App. ii. 438 Her Britannic Majesty's Government passes in silence the arguments which I submitted in support of the most just refusal of the Venezuelan Government. 1900 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1900 131 These ‘intermetallic’ compounds are still passed over in silence by..books on descriptive chemistry. 2003 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 102 213 If this were a marginal or arcane analysis, we could understand how modern scholars might pass over it in silence. < as lemmas |
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