| 单词 | by terms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby terms a. Plainly, expressly; in so many words. Formerly also †by terms. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adverb] > explicitly in termsc1400 apresslya1450 expressly1509 preciselya1513 by termsa1525 formally1526 expressedlya1555 explicately1606 pointingly1607 evolvedlya1641 exactly1646 syllabically1654 explicitlya1657 pointedly1775 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1053 Alle þe apparaylmente..As John þe appostel in termeȝ tyȝte. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 253 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 102 All this trety has he tald be termess in test. 1567 T. Harding Reioindre to M. Iewels Replie against Masse xiii. f. 212v Christe him selfe doth in termes pronounce, This is my body, this is my bloude. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. iv. 305 Deuouring in hope, and threatening in tearmes all those Asian Prouinces. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 29 July (1974) VIII. 367 He says in terms, that the match..hath undone the nation. 1698 Earl of Orrery Dr. Bentley's Diss. Examin'd 234 That Few say in Terms, he was a Writer, is because No-body had any Suspicions to the contrary. 1766 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 2 660 The Other Three Judges agreed, in Terms, with Lord Mansfield; And All of them spoke explicitly to the same Effect. 1823 Parl. Deb. 2nd Ser. 7 1287 The strongest phrases were used in every quarter regarding the conduct and language of Mr. Fox; charging him, almost in terms, with unfurling the standard of rebellion. 1911 Yale Law Jrnl. 21 115 It may be said that this would often virtually compel him to criminate himself. But it certainly does not compel him in terms. 2003 L. Holford-Strevens Aulus Gellius (rev. ed.) xvi. 307 The allegations..which Cicero ridicules without quite denying them in terms. < as lemmas |
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