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单词 to see —— from
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to see —— from ——
P6. to see —— from ——: to distinguish (one person or thing) from (another), visually or mentally. Cf. tell v. 12e, know v. 1b(a).In quot. c1453 it is not clear whether the from-phrase is a complement of both see and know, or only of know.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > distinguish from by sight
to see —— from ——1551
c1453 (c1437) Brut (Harl. 53) 546 Kyng Henry..made to sere hym [sc. Kyng Richard], and cloþe hym in lynnen Cloth, al saave onely the visage; and that was lafte open, that men myght se and knowe his persone from al oþer.]
1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner iv. 256 It appeareth that they be so blind, that they cannot see the lyght from darknes.
1641 R. Younge Counterpoyson (ed. 2) xv. 88 Yea, when to our cost, we can (Adam like) see good from evill clearely, the subtile Serpent can deceive no longer.
1757 C. L. St. Real Char. Age 32 Too blinded to see right from wrong, too ignorant to know when we are in Danger.
1856 Ballou's Pict. Drawing-Room Compan. 18 Oct. 254/3 He found himself set on.., pounded till he could not see one from the other.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles II. iv. 40 I can't see one sort from another; we must have candles.
1934 Boys' Life July 15/4 Better get out the fish before it's too dark to see black from white.
2015 Bristol Post (Nexis) 20 Jan. 30 Old friends have the ability to help you to see fact from fiction.
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