| 单词 | to the matter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the matter ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adverb] to (the) purposea1387 pertinentlyc1425 to the matter1534 relevantly1536 pat1578 effectually1581 germanely1823 the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > of a statement, enactment, etc. the matter1534 spirit1742 the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [phrase] > irrelevant of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wide of (also from) the mark1536 neither off nor on1549 from the purpose1561 from (also out of) the bias1600 from the matter1658 (off) at, in, upon a tangent1825 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1303/2 He went roundly to the matter, and sayd vnto them: what wyl ye gyue me and I shal delyuer hym to you. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxx Thou aunswerest Luther, more vnreuerently, then it becommeth thee, and not sufficientlye to the matter. 1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 3 To vse too many circumstances ere one come to the matter is wearisome. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §326 To helpe the Matter, the Alchymists call in..many Vanities, out of Astrologie. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 951 It shall not be from the matter to tax in brief the madnesse of the ancient Gentiles. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 55 If you take 5 parts Lead, and one part Stone, it will come very near the matter. a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1714) I. 12 He grants it [sc. the deluge] to have come so near the matter, that but very few escap'd. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 499 You're much about the matter [L. haud multum aberras a scopo]. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) 31 Telling me, that..I might save enough by the time I was One and Twenty to set me up, & that if I came near the Matter he would help me out with the Rest. < as lemmas |
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