| 单词 | would-be-elegant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswould-be-elegant C1. With a following adjective, forming adjectives used attributively, as in would-be-clever, would-be-elegant, etc. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [adjective] ambitiousc1384 aspiring1577 heroical1581 high-flyinga1586 high-reaching1593 soaringa1616 aspirant1808 would-be1813 Diotrephic1838 Diotrephian1845 Diotrephesian1862 millennial1897 the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > relating to intention or purpose > intended or purposed purposed?a1425 pretenced1543 pretended1573 meditated1588 meant1590 intended1592 contemplated1657 intending1788 would-be1813 1813 J. Austen Let. 11 Oct. (1995) 234 A large, ungenteel Woman, with self-satisfied & would-be elegant manners. 1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds xxvii. 238 The would-be-genteel coxcombs of Calcutta. 1865 A. Thomas On Guard II. 90 A sayer of would-be-sensible things. 1946 R. A. Knox Epist. & Gospels 56 He wants the would-be-clever people to cultivate..a lowest-common-denominator sort of mind. 2000 Saga Mag. Feb. 27/1 We need to defeat would-be-world-dominating companies. < as lemmas |
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