单词 | while the world stands |
释义 | > as lemmaswhile (also as long as, so long as) the world stands b. intransitive. Of the world: to continue to exist; to remain stable, to last. Chiefly in while (also as long as, so long as) the world stands. Now somewhat archaic and rare. ΚΠ OE Phoenix 89 Næfre him deaþ sceþeð on þam willwonge, þenden woruld stondeþ. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) l. 542 Of marbre-stan a temple þet schal a stonden hwil þet te worlt stont. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 558 (MED) The world..may no while stonde full, Though that it seme wel besein. c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 587 Ȝe were alle..bred of þat modur Þat is stable to stonde. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. viii. 13 Whill the worlde stondeth [So 1611; Gk. εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα]. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi i. ii, in Terence in Eng. 274 Neuer was there since the world stood, any thing more vnreasonable. 1657 J. Stalham Reviler Rebuked i. 85 He [sc. Christ] that was the way yesterday, is the same to day, and for ever, while the world standeth, to lead men out of the fall. a1758 J. Edwards Remarks Important Theol. Controv. (1796) ii. 91 That which lasts as long as the world stands, is sometimes said to be for ever. 1896 T. D. Talmage Earth Girdled Pref. 40 Surely upon no platform since the world stood have there been gathered so many different styles of belief. 1998 H. A. Buchanan And Goat Cried 30 He had lost the sycamore trees and the rock wall his grandpappy built to establish the boundary line for as long as the world stands. < as lemmas |
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