| 单词 | by how much…by so much |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby how much…by so much ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to what extent > correlative to 'so' howa1382 the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to such an extent > to such an extent as how1600 insomuch as1651 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Eccles. ii. 13 So myche wisdam wente beforn folie, hou myche [a1425 L.V. as muche as] liȝt is in difference fro dercnesses. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. lv. 133 Hov muche þat euery man is in þin eyen, lorde, so muche he is & no more. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. ii. 28 How many cities thou hast (o Iuda) so many goddes hast thou also. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 378 They worship also serpents..and the more they feare and reverence them, by how much the more deformed and monstrous they are. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 47 By how much the younger they are, by so much the moyster they are. 1703 Moderation a Virtue 13 So much the more Amiable, by how much the less it has of humane Mixtures. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia viii. 233 By howsomuch the householder Purgeth himself of self..By so much happier comes he to next stage. < as lemmas |
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