英语词汇“without rhyme or reason”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. In conjunction or contrast with reason, (chiefly in negative contexts) as without rhyme or reason, neither rhyme nor reason, etc.: expressing lack of good sense or reasonableness.For a possible earlier conjunction of rhyme and reason cf. quot. a1400¹ at sense 1a.

[Probably originally after Middle French ne rime ne raison, ni rime ni raison, literally ‘neither rhyme nor reason’, in similar expressions (from the 13th cent. in Old French). Compare also collocation of Old Occitan rima and razo, apparently with the meanings ‘poetic form’ and ‘content’, in the mid 12th cent.; such an opposition may well ultimately lie behind the Middle French and Middle English uses.

A connection is also often suggested with post-classical Latin metrum est ratio cum modulatione, rhythmus modulatio sine ratione ‘(poetic) metre is reason with modulation, rhythm is modulation without reason’ (5th cent. in a text on grammar), apparently shortened from the earlier metrum est ratio cum modulatione, rhythmus sine ratione metrica modulatio ‘(poetic) metre is reason with modulation, rhythm is modulation without metrical reason’ (4th cent. in a text on grammar), although the exact nature of the connection (if any) is unclear.]

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a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 199 As for ryme or reson, þe forewryter was not to blame, For as he founde hit aforne hym, so wrote he þe same.

1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. lvii For appose her now of christ, as scripture testifieth of him, and thou shalt finde her clene without ryme or reason.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. xi. 108 Seeyng there is nether ryme ne reason in saing y^t one eiuill spirite driueth out an other eiuil spirite.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone Prol. sig. A4^v Here is ri'me, not emptie of reason.

1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 33 It is both ryme and reason.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 415 Against all the Laws of Prophetick Interpretation, nay indeed against all rhyme and reason.

1759 J. Wesley in Wks. (1872) IX. 109 If a man set upon me without either rhyme or reason.

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 548/2 As long as the audiences of our large theatres are willing to tolerate outrages on rhyme and reason.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. xi. 181 This won't do. There's neither rhyme nor reason about it.

1935 M. McLuhan Let. 8 June (1987) 71 If property (in adequate amounts) has any value or rhyme or reason it is to provide the bases and bulwarks of liberty.

1973 W. Trevor Elizabeth Alone (1981) i. 9 She saw her life as something that was scattered untidily about, without a pattern, without rhyme or reason.

1996 Economist 2 Mar. 13/2 In cases such as Oklahoma City or the Baader–Meinhof gang in Germany in the 1970s terror may be used for no comprehensible rhyme or reason.

单词	without rhyme or reason
释义	> as lemmas without rhyme or reason P2. In conjunction or contrast with reason, (chiefly in negative contexts) as without rhyme or reason, neither rhyme nor reason, etc.: expressing lack of good sense or reasonableness.For a possible earlier conjunction of rhyme and reason cf. quot. a1400¹ at sense 1a. [Probably originally after Middle French ne rime ne raison, ni rime ni raison, literally ‘neither rhyme nor reason’, in similar expressions (from the 13th cent. in Old French). Compare also collocation of Old Occitan rima and razo, apparently with the meanings ‘poetic form’ and ‘content’, in the mid 12th cent.; such an opposition may well ultimately lie behind the Middle French and Middle English uses. A connection is also often suggested with post-classical Latin metrum est ratio cum modulatione, rhythmus modulatio sine ratione ‘(poetic) metre is reason with modulation, rhythm is modulation without reason’ (5th cent. in a text on grammar), apparently shortened from the earlier metrum est ratio cum modulatione, rhythmus sine ratione metrica modulatio ‘(poetic) metre is reason with modulation, rhythm is modulation without metrical reason’ (4th cent. in a text on grammar), although the exact nature of the connection (if any) is unclear.] ΚΠ a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 199 As for ryme or reson, þe forewryter was not to blame, For as he founde hit aforne hym, so wrote he þe same. 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. lvii For appose her now of christ, as scripture testifieth of him, and thou shalt finde her clene without ryme or reason. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. xi. 108 Seeyng there is nether ryme ne reason in saing y^t one eiuill spirite driueth out an other eiuil spirite. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone Prol. sig. A4^v Here is ri'me, not emptie of reason. 1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 33 It is both ryme and reason. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 415 Against all the Laws of Prophetick Interpretation, nay indeed against all rhyme and reason. 1759 J. Wesley in Wks. (1872) IX. 109 If a man set upon me without either rhyme or reason. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 548/2 As long as the audiences of our large theatres are willing to tolerate outrages on rhyme and reason. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. xi. 181 This won't do. There's neither rhyme nor reason about it. 1935 M. McLuhan Let. 8 June (1987) 71 If property (in adequate amounts) has any value or rhyme or reason it is to provide the bases and bulwarks of liberty. 1973 W. Trevor Elizabeth Alone (1981) i. 9 She saw her life as something that was scattered untidily about, without a pattern, without rhyme or reason. 1996 Economist 2 Mar. 13/2 In cases such as Oklahoma City or the Baader–Meinhof gang in Germany in the 1970s terror may be used for no comprehensible rhyme or reason. extracted from rhymen. < as lemmas
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