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单词 beyond
释义 be·yond
I. \bēˈänd also bēˈyä- or bə̇ˈyä- sometimes -ˈ(y)ȯ- or -ˈ(y)ə-\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English beyonde, adverb & preposition, from Old English begeondan, from be- + geondan beyond, from geond yond, yonder — more at yond
1.
 a. : farther away or farther along in space, time, or any developing temporal activity
  < along the road through the valley and beyond to town >
  < the class lasts until four o'clock and seldom goes beyond >
  < through the secondary school and beyond >
 b. : on the farther side
  < a hayfield with a pond beyond >
2. : in addition : further
 < to provide the essentials but nothing beyond >
II. preposition
Etymology: Middle English beyonde
1. : on or to the farther side of : in the same direction as but farther on or farther away
 < a house beyond a field and a small wood >
 < traveling beyond the larger cities to a village on the same route >
 < he made his native town his home, never journeying many miles beyond its borders — H.E.Starr >
2.
 a. : out of the reach or sphere of
  < then we grew beyond it — H.A.Overstreet >
  : greater than the grasp or power of
  < a task beyond his strength >
  < a sick man far beyond medical help >
  < the job was clearly beyond him — Merle Miller >
 b. : in a degree or amount surpassing
  < angry beyond measure >
  < beautiful beyond expression >
 c. : out of or passing the comprehension of
  < his reasoning is beyond us >
  < God's ways are beyond us — M.R.Cohen >
3. : in addition to : over and above, besides
 < decided to make traffic control their personal business beyond their regular duties — Lamp >
 < without any treatment beyond sedatives and rest — Stuart Chase >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: beyond (I)
1. : something that lies beyond
 < a river for small boats for twenty miles back into the beyond — R.W.Hatch >
2. sometimes capitalized : something that lies outside the scope of ordinary experience
 < there's a beyond that the mind can't see, and that's where the answers are — Robert Nathan >
specifically : hereafter II
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