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单词 to stand in terms
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to stand in terms
c. to stand in terms.
(a) To be in a specified relation, or on a certain footing, with (a person). Also: to be in a specified state or condition. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be in a specific state or condition [phrase]
to stand in terms1544
to stand upon (or on) terms1565
1544 T. Chaloner tr. St. J. Chrysostom Homilie sig. Cvv Abraham truly againsaide nat gods commandement, nor stode nat in termes of why, and wherfore, with him, but when he had ones herde.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. xxii. 445 Whiles Spaine stood in these tearms [L. hoc statu rerum in Hispania].
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 182 How can I, O Lord, be other then..miserable, whiles I stand in these termes with thee?
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xiii. 42 Though we stood in the terms of good friends with them.
(b) With with, against. To dispute or contend with (a person). Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > argue about, dispute [verb (transitive)]
traverse?1504
arguea1513
to stand in terms?a1562
to stand with ——1579
argle1589
bandy1589
balk1590
ventilate1607
controvert1609
sticklea1661
chop1685
militate1754
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 118 Sir I do not entend to stand in termes wt you in this matter.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 17 To contrarie, or to stand in termes with an old man, was more heinous, than in som place, to rebuke and scolde with his owne father.
1634 E. Grimeston tr. P. de Béthune Counsellor of Estate ii. ii. 242 Clemency is comendable towards an Enemy deiected and humbled: But whilest hee wauers and stands in tearmes against vs; it is weakenesse.
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