| 单词 | to pass the muster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pass the muster(s) d. Originally Military. to pass muster: to undergo muster or inspection without censure; (later in extended use) to come up to the required standard, to be beyond reproach or criticism; to be taken or accepted as (occasionally for) something. Also †to pass the muster(s). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] shift?1533 to pass muster1573 to give a good account of (something, often oneself)1601 to hit off1700 to make a job of1736 to make a do of1834 to make a go of it1836 cut1900 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > be equivalent amountc1390 to pass for (also as)1463 to come to one purpose1489 weigh1529 to pass muster1573 parallel1626 tantamount1628 to come to the same1643 coextenda1711 muster1820 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > be approved or gain acceptance [verb (intransitive)] pass1405 to pass muster1573 serve1593 takea1635 take1639 resenta1646 society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (intransitive)] > undergo muster without censure to pass muster1573 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient [verb (intransitive)] sufficec1340 servea1375 stretchc1374 suffiec1380 reach1446 stake1572 to pass muster1855 1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 226 It was deuised in great disquiet of mynd, and written in rage, yet haue I seene much worse passe the musters. 1580 T. Churchyard Pleasaunte Laborinth: Churchyardes Chance 27 A goodly troupe of armed men, did passe the Muster. 1598 Acts Privy Council XXIX. 21 You must have spetiall care that not wone [sic] dwellers, victuallers, horsboyes, hirelinges or vagrant pasvolentes do offer to passe musters in the bandes. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 56 Such a Ship..might well passe muster for a man of warre. 1673 Articles & Rules for better Govt. of H.M. Forces xliv No Muster-Master shall knowingly let any pass the Musters, but such as are qualified. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2426/4 The new Regiment Commanded by the Prince de Steinhuise has pass'd Muster. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 42 She may pass Muster well enough. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry (1937) I. i.23 It was necessary..for the candidates to procure some token of a philosophical turn of mind..so as just to support some idea of natural knowledge, and pass muster. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xi. 106 Enough good looks to make her pass muster. 1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 266 Perhaps if her lot had been cast in the present day she might have more than passed muster. 1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread v. 116 He was a tall, weakly-built young man, whose clothes had to be judiciously padded on the shoulder in order to make him pass muster. 1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. viii. 129 Although..we were not a roaring success, we passed muster by comparison with the other acts. 1995 Vancouver Sun 10 Nov. c7/1 If only Clockwork Mice felt less like an exercise in social correctness, it might pass muster as family dramedy. < as lemmas |
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