to-ben.¹adj.

/təˈbiː/

Etymology: infinitive of be v. as noun and adjective; compare be v. Phrases 4.

A. n.¹

That which is to be; the future. Cf. to-come n.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun]

to-comec1350

the futurec1400

hereafter1546

tocoming1556

aftertime1557

after age1560

after hours1599

futuritya1616

afterwards1669

to-be1819

coming1833

by and by1868

hence1904

1819 Ld. Byron Ode on Venice ii The everlasting to be which hath been.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. vi. ii. 207 The To Be is as the shadow of a far land in a mighty and perturbed sea.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 156 These twain..Sit side by side,..Dispensing harvest, sowing the To-be.

1900 ‘M. Corelli’ Master-Christian xvi I work and write for the To-Be, not the Has-Been.

B. adj. (often following the nounn.).

That is yet to be or to come; future. Esp. following nouns of kinship, as grandfather-to-be, wife-to-be; see also s.v. mother-to-be n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > future or that is to come

towardc888

tocomingOE

futurec1374

unborn1598

to-be1609

unbred1609

hereaftera1616

succeeding1676

uprising1727

unarrived1745

will-be1802

unelapsed1805

unforegone1844

upcoming1879

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxi. sig. F^v Toungs to be, your beeing shall rehearse.

a1804 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 457 Marry..speedily, or the to be Mrs. Berry will have very little of your company.

1860 J. R. Edkins Chinese Scenes (1863) 102 The four to-be priests I knew before.

1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace lxix. 581 The excited grandfather-to-be.

1969 L. Hellman Unfinished Woman xii. 174 The so-called good life for us is the to-be-good life for them.

1973 H. Nielsen Severed Key iii. 33 My wife-to-be is going to be fabulously successful.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	to-be
释义	to-ben.¹adj. /təˈbiː/ Etymology: infinitive of be v. as noun and adjective; compare be v. Phrases 4. A. n.¹ That which is to be; the future. Cf. to-come n.² ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] to-comec1350 the futurec1400 hereafter1546 tocoming1556 aftertime1557 after age1560 after hours1599 futuritya1616 afterwards1669 to-be1819 coming1833 by and by1868 hence1904 1819 Ld. Byron Ode on Venice ii The everlasting to be which hath been. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. vi. ii. 207 The To Be is as the shadow of a far land in a mighty and perturbed sea. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 156 These twain..Sit side by side,..Dispensing harvest, sowing the To-be. 1900 ‘M. Corelli’ Master-Christian xvi I work and write for the To-Be, not the Has-Been. B. adj. (often following the nounn.). That is yet to be or to come; future. Esp. following nouns of kinship, as grandfather-to-be, wife-to-be; see also s.v. mother-to-be n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > future or that is to come towardc888 tocomingOE futurec1374 unborn1598 to-be1609 unbred1609 hereaftera1616 succeeding1676 uprising1727 unarrived1745 will-be1802 unelapsed1805 unforegone1844 upcoming1879 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxi. sig. F^v Toungs to be, your beeing shall rehearse. View more context for this quotation a1804 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 457 Marry..speedily, or the to be Mrs. Berry will have very little of your company. 1860 J. R. Edkins Chinese Scenes (1863) 102 The four to-be priests I knew before. 1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace lxix. 581 The excited grandfather-to-be. 1969 L. Hellman Unfinished Woman xii. 174 The so-called good life for us is the to-be-good life for them. 1973 H. Nielsen Severed Key iii. 33 My wife-to-be is going to be fabulously successful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.¹adj.1609
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to-ben.1adj.

to-ben.¹adj.