英语词汇“worse than death”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P7. (a fate) worse than death and variants: a terrible misfortune, a disastrous experience or situation; now often hyperbolical; (formerly sometimes) spec. loss of virginity, rape.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > of woman

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(a fate) worse than death1631

1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian 10 By tempest tost, with roaring billowes shaken, And, fearing worse than death, by pyrats taken.

1684 J. Banks Island Queens i. i. 2 'Tis worse than Death for me to hear A fawning Cringer, or submissive Praiser.

1716 J. Johnston Panegyrical Ess. 10 Condemned him to worse than Death.., viz. to Poverty, and perpetual Imprisonment.

1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs III. iii. 68 But where was he who had delivered herself from a worse fate than death?

1894 H. R. Haggard People of Mist vi. 40 It is the custom of my mistress to carry a portion of this poison hidden in her hair, since a time might come when she must use it to save herself from worse than death.

1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xix. 252 [The ape] threw her roughly across his broad, hairy shoulders and leaped back into the trees, bearing Jane Porter away toward a fate a thousand times worse than death.

1952 ‘C. Brand’ London Particular vii. 95 Madonna Lily was obviously marked up for a double dose of Worse than Death.

1991 K. Vonnegut Fates worse than Death xv. 144 A female's loss of virginity outside of holy wedlock was sometimes spoken of as a fate worse than death.

2008 E. Harrison Best Girl 235 She'd saved me from a fate worse than death—being dateless.

单词	worse than death
释义	> as lemmas (a fate) worse than death P7. (a fate) worse than death and variants: a terrible misfortune, a disastrous experience or situation; now often hyperbolical; (formerly sometimes) spec. loss of virginity, rape. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > of woman shamec1275 ruin1567 (a fate) worse than death1631 1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian 10 By tempest tost, with roaring billowes shaken, And, fearing worse than death, by pyrats taken. 1684 J. Banks Island Queens i. i. 2 'Tis worse than Death for me to hear A fawning Cringer, or submissive Praiser. 1716 J. Johnston Panegyrical Ess. 10 Condemned him to worse than Death.., viz. to Poverty, and perpetual Imprisonment. 1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs III. iii. 68 But where was he who had delivered herself from a worse fate than death? 1894 H. R. Haggard People of Mist vi. 40 It is the custom of my mistress to carry a portion of this poison hidden in her hair, since a time might come when she must use it to save herself from worse than death. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xix. 252 [The ape] threw her roughly across his broad, hairy shoulders and leaped back into the trees, bearing Jane Porter away toward a fate a thousand times worse than death. 1952 ‘C. Brand’ London Particular vii. 95 Madonna Lily was obviously marked up for a double dose of Worse than Death. 1991 K. Vonnegut Fates worse than Death xv. 144 A female's loss of virginity outside of holy wedlock was sometimes spoken of as a fate worse than death. 2008 E. Harrison Best Girl 235 She'd saved me from a fate worse than death—being dateless. extracted from deathn. < as lemmas
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