单词 | catch-idea |
释义 | > as lemmascatch-idea catch-idea n. now rare an idea which engages or captures the attention. ΚΠ 1798 G. Canning Let. 13 Nov. in Ld. Granville Leveson Gower: Private Corr. 1781–1821 (1916) I. vi. 227 Take care to have catch-words, or catch-ideas, that shall remind you of the connection and dependency of the different parts of your subject. 1884 Christian World 19 June 454/1 He has..got hold of a few catch-ideas. 1962 World Affairs 125 212 Aron lucidly dissects the myths of ‘leftism’, ‘progressivism’, ‘revolution’,..and shows the utter fallacy of these catch-ideas which seduce the sentimental romanticism of intellectuals. < as lemmas |
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