英语词汇“by halves”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) by halves: to the extent of a half only; imperfectly, in part; half-heartedly, with half zeal. Now chiefly in to do things by halves and variants, usually in negative contexts. Also occasionally by the halves.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > incompletely or partly [phrase]

in partc1300

a (also in, of) party1372

to (the) half1547

by halves1563

by fractions1796

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 78 What euer persoone haþ fully, hooly and parfitly and not oonly bi halfis or bi parties alle þo þingis or prynciplis..he is in hym silf ful hool.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments ii. sig. Tv/2 There was presented vnto him certain Articles..gathered out of hys booke..of which Articles some were forged and inuented by Master Palets, and other some wer gathered only by halues.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 117 Faint idle Artizens..Working by halfes.

1641 J. Symonds Serm. Westminster sig. E Hitherto the work hath been done by the halfes.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea IV. xv. 128 As he did nothing by halves, he was determined to pull off the mask.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 316 A king is not to be deposed by halves .

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 86 Those charged with the responsibility..should not deal by halves with a question in which all classes have so deep an interest.

1892 E. Wolf Other Things being Equal (1893) xxii. 222 The thing must not be done by halves or it must not be done at all.

1993 Antique Dealer Aug. 28/1 Minton operated on a grand scale and never did anything by halves. Vast rooms, monumental fountains and statues, near life-size elephants and dinner sets for banquets.

单词	by halves
释义	> as lemmas by halves (a) by halves: to the extent of a half only; imperfectly, in part; half-heartedly, with half zeal. Now chiefly in to do things by halves and variants, usually in negative contexts. Also occasionally by the halves. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > incompletely or partly [phrase] in partc1300 a (also in, of) party1372 to (the) half1547 by halves1563 by fractions1796 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 78 What euer persoone haþ fully, hooly and parfitly and not oonly bi halfis or bi parties alle þo þingis or prynciplis..he is in hym silf ful hool. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments ii. sig. Tv/2 There was presented vnto him certain Articles..gathered out of hys booke..of which Articles some were forged and inuented by Master Palets, and other some wer gathered only by halues. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 117 Faint idle Artizens..Working by halfes. 1641 J. Symonds Serm. Westminster sig. E Hitherto the work hath been done by the halfes. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea IV. xv. 128 As he did nothing by halves, he was determined to pull off the mask. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 316 A king is not to be deposed by halves . View more context for this quotation 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 86 Those charged with the responsibility..should not deal by halves with a question in which all classes have so deep an interest. 1892 E. Wolf Other Things being Equal (1893) xxii. 222 The thing must not be done by halves or it must not be done at all. 1993 Antique Dealer Aug. 28/1 Minton operated on a grand scale and never did anything by halves. Vast rooms, monumental fountains and statues, near life-size elephants and dinner sets for banquets. extracted from halfn. < as lemmas
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