英语词汇“to stand to or at the courtesy”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 stand to or at the courtesy (of): to depend or be dependent upon the indulgence, favour, or kindness of; similarly to leave to, be at the courtesy (of). Obsolete.

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society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > dependent on

to leave to, be at the courtesy (of)a1538

to stand to or at the courtesy (of)a1538

to fall upon ——?1672

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 75 Some provysyon for the second bretherne..& not to leve them bare to the only curtesy of theyr eldyst brother.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 151 It is better..to stand at the curtesie of crowes than of flatterers.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xxxiii. 21 For better it is that thy children should seeke to thee, then that thou shouldst stand to their courtesie .

1654 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. Introd. 64 That did place the legislative power absolutely in the Parliament, and left it at courtesy, whether the Parliament would after concede any negatives to him.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 51 We always let a raw Brother come in for full share, to Encourage him, but afterward..he stands to Courtisie.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 300 The younger sons of a Hottentot..are at the courtesie of the eldest both for their fortunes and liberty.

单词	to stand to or at the courtesy
释义	> as lemmas to stand to or at the courtesy (of) †b. to stand to or at the courtesy (of): to depend or be dependent upon the indulgence, favour, or kindness of; similarly to leave to, be at the courtesy (of). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > dependent on to leave to, be at the courtesy (of)a1538 to stand to or at the courtesy (of)a1538 to fall upon ——?1672 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 75 Some provysyon for the second bretherne..& not to leve them bare to the only curtesy of theyr eldyst brother. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 151 It is better..to stand at the curtesie of crowes than of flatterers. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xxxiii. 21 For better it is that thy children should seeke to thee, then that thou shouldst stand to their courtesie . View more context for this quotation 1654 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. Introd. 64 That did place the legislative power absolutely in the Parliament, and left it at courtesy, whether the Parliament would after concede any negatives to him. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 51 We always let a raw Brother come in for full share, to Encourage him, but afterward..he stands to Courtisie. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 300 The younger sons of a Hottentot..are at the courtesie of the eldest both for their fortunes and liberty. extracted from courtesyn. < as lemmas
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