英语词汇“to set a good example”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to set a good (also bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) example: to act or behave in the specified way, and thereby encourage or influence others to act in the same way; to provide a good (or bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) model for others to follow.Also with the person to whom the example is set as indirect object, or with to, for.

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1621 S. Ward Happinesse of Pract. 21 Let a Gentleman or Minister perswade Parishioners to contribute liberally to a Briefe, and set a niggardly example, and see how much lesse will come of it, then if hee said lesse, and gaue more.

1632 C. Downing Disc. State Eccl. Kingdom iii. 95 Our Royall Soveraignes pious Father, set a good example to his Majestie to follow.

1774 T. Harrington Sci. Improved v. 38 Encouraged by those who ought to set a better example.

1791 C. Stuart Gretna Green ii. 19 Never think of dying a maid, for that would be setting a bad example, and Gretna Green might then go a begging.

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 66/1 Does nature in those fierce night-brawlers, the billows, set mankind but a sorry example?

1929 Travel Jan. 10/1 Rising in the manner of a good militaire, which he was not, set a wholesome example.

1975 Mil. Affairs 39 124/2 The old generals..set a poor example for the rising younger officers.

1987 R. Bujang Boria 37 He rebukes them for their behaviour in setting a bad example to the neighbourhood.

2011 Central Queensland News (Nexis) 23 Dec. 4 Queensland parents are being encouraged to set a good example by drinking responsibly around their children this festive season.

单词	to set a good example
释义	> as lemmas to set a good (also bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) example b. to set a good (also bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) example: to act or behave in the specified way, and thereby encourage or influence others to act in the same way; to provide a good (or bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) model for others to follow.Also with the person to whom the example is set as indirect object, or with to, for. ΚΠ 1621 S. Ward Happinesse of Pract. 21 Let a Gentleman or Minister perswade Parishioners to contribute liberally to a Briefe, and set a niggardly example, and see how much lesse will come of it, then if hee said lesse, and gaue more. 1632 C. Downing Disc. State Eccl. Kingdom iii. 95 Our Royall Soveraignes pious Father, set a good example to his Majestie to follow. 1774 T. Harrington Sci. Improved v. 38 Encouraged by those who ought to set a better example. 1791 C. Stuart Gretna Green ii. 19 Never think of dying a maid, for that would be setting a bad example, and Gretna Green might then go a begging. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 66/1 Does nature in those fierce night-brawlers, the billows, set mankind but a sorry example? 1929 Travel Jan. 10/1 Rising in the manner of a good militaire, which he was not, set a wholesome example. 1975 Mil. Affairs 39 124/2 The old generals..set a poor example for the rising younger officers. 1987 R. Bujang Boria 37 He rebukes them for their behaviour in setting a bad example to the neighbourhood. 2011 Central Queensland News (Nexis) 23 Dec. 4 Queensland parents are being encouraged to set a good example by drinking responsibly around their children this festive season. extracted from examplen. < as lemmas
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