英语词汇“to serve the time”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P5. Usually depreciative. to serve the time (also times) [after classical Latin tempori servīre] : to adapt one's conduct or views to suit prevailing circumstances or orthodoxy, esp. in a self-interested way. Also (of a thing, action, attitude, etc.): to be suitable or useful for, or adaptable to, prevailing circumstances. Cf. time-serving adj. 1, time-server n. 2. Now rare (poetic or archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)] > temporize or trim

to serve the time (also times)?1544

temporize1555

to turn the cat in the pan1622

trim1687

to sail with every (shift of) wind1710

to play (also work) both sides of the street1909

?1544 E. Allen tr. A. Alesius Auctorite Word of God sig. Aiiij^v I determined with my self to serue the tyme [L. tempori seruiendum esse] and to change the preaching of the crosse with the scyence of physik.

1588 R. Bancroft Serm. at Paules Crosse 37 The scriptures are appointed to serve the time, and have divers understandings: so that at one time they may be expounded after the..ordinarie custome: & that the same custome being changed, the meaning of the Scriptures may likewise be changed.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. i. 48 Who thinke that herein we serue the time, and speake in fauour of the present state, because thereby we eyther holde or seeke preferment.

1689 R. Atkyns Enq. Power Dispensing with Penal Statutes 36 Let us not..approve of all things, tho' delivered by Authors of greatest Name, for they often serve the Times, or their Affections, and bend the Rules as occasion requires.

1734 Of Superstition 13 In righteous Lore, 'tis now become no Crime, To suit Convenience, or to serve the Time.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xviii. 64 Be wary, watch the time, and always serve it.

1865 W. J. Linton Claribel & Other Poems 259 England! be thyself again: Ask not what may serve the time; See where standeth Truth sublime, Ask her will, and be thou fain.

2009 G. L. Bray tr. Ambrosiaster Comm. Romans & 12 Corinthians 97/2 Paul himself ‘served the time’ when he did what he did not want to do, for he unwillingly circumcised Timothy and purified himself by shaving his head according to the law.

单词	to serve the time
释义	> as lemmas to serve the time (also times) P5. Usually depreciative. to serve the time (also times) [after classical Latin tempori servīre] : to adapt one's conduct or views to suit prevailing circumstances or orthodoxy, esp. in a self-interested way. Also (of a thing, action, attitude, etc.): to be suitable or useful for, or adaptable to, prevailing circumstances. Cf. time-serving adj. 1, time-server n. 2. Now rare (poetic or archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)] > temporize or trim to serve the time (also times)?1544 temporize1555 to turn the cat in the pan1622 trim1687 to sail with every (shift of) wind1710 to play (also work) both sides of the street1909 ?1544 E. Allen tr. A. Alesius Auctorite Word of God sig. Aiiij^v I determined with my self to serue the tyme [L. tempori seruiendum esse] and to change the preaching of the crosse with the scyence of physik. 1588 R. Bancroft Serm. at Paules Crosse 37 The scriptures are appointed to serve the time, and have divers understandings: so that at one time they may be expounded after the..ordinarie custome: & that the same custome being changed, the meaning of the Scriptures may likewise be changed. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. i. 48 Who thinke that herein we serue the time, and speake in fauour of the present state, because thereby we eyther holde or seeke preferment. 1689 R. Atkyns Enq. Power Dispensing with Penal Statutes 36 Let us not..approve of all things, tho' delivered by Authors of greatest Name, for they often serve the Times, or their Affections, and bend the Rules as occasion requires. 1734 Of Superstition 13 In righteous Lore, 'tis now become no Crime, To suit Convenience, or to serve the Time. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xviii. 64 Be wary, watch the time, and always serve it. 1865 W. J. Linton Claribel & Other Poems 259 England! be thyself again: Ask not what may serve the time; See where standeth Truth sublime, Ask her will, and be thou fain. 2009 G. L. Bray tr. Ambrosiaster Comm. Romans & 12 Corinthians 97/2 Paul himself ‘served the time’ when he did what he did not want to do, for he unwillingly circumcised Timothy and purified himself by shaving his head according to the law. extracted from servev.¹ < as lemmas
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