| 单词 | without ceremony |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithout ceremony b. Precise observance of conventional forms of deference or respect; formality, ceremoniousness. without ceremony: off-hand, unceremoniously. to stand upon ceremony: to insist upon the punctilious observances of formalities or refuse to go on without them. (Cf. Shakespeare's use in 5.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum formc1405 galancie1581 ceremoniousness1583 punctilio1596 formality1599 ceremony1603 punctuality1618 punctillea1648 complementalness1657 formalness1684 punctiliousness1685 nicety1693 ceremonial1749 square-toedness1846 punctiliosity1859 uptightness1969 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable > stand upon ceremony to strain or pinch courtesy1528 to stand on (also upon) points (also one's points)a1592 to stand upon ceremony1603 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [phrase] > without ceremony sans façon1672 sans cérémoniea1684 without ceremony1709 1603 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 78 Not with that ceremonie as towardis straingeris. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 35 The sawce to meate is Ceremony . View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 21. ⁋8 Without further Ceremony, I will go on to relate a singular Adventure. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. viii. 116 I never stand upon ceremony with such people. View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. vi. 113 Without ceremony the two young ladies ran out of the room. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. ii. 21 I was shown with much ceremony..into the presence of the two ladies. < as lemmas |
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