| 单词 | unto |
| 释义 | un·to 1. a. — used as a function word to indicate direction and completion of movement toward a place, destination, or object < come unto these yellow sands — Shakespeare > < they had gone unto the wars — E.A.Poe > b. — used as a function word to indicate movement, inclination, or tendency toward an unreached object < we stretch our hands unto the Egyptians — John Donne > < my inwardness and love is very much unto the prince — Shakespeare > c. archaic 2. a. — used as a function word to indicate a limit of reach or extension < my nails can reach unto thine eyes — Shakespeare > b. — used as a function word to indicate a limit of contact, juxtaposition, or union < pressed his dead child unto his heart — Robert Browning > c. — used as a function word to indicate a limit in amount, extent, or degree < lay sick almost unto death — H.J.Johnson > < assume the configuration of a balancer, even unto the finer details — V.C.Twitty > d. obsolete < flout me thus unto my face — Shakespeare > 3. — used as a function word to indicate the end of an interval of time or continuance < her sentence that subsists unto this day — Robert Browning > 4. a. — used as a function word to indicate aim, purpose, or destiny < went unto his doom > b. — used as a function word to indicate a result, condition, or situation achieved or imposed < our wars will turn unto a peaceful comic sport — Shakespeare > < dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return — Gen. 3:19 (Authorized Version) > 5. a. — used as a function word to indicate a person spoken to < the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die — Gen 3:4 (Authorized Version) > b. (1) — used as a function word to indicate the recipient of an action, benefit, or feeling or the person affected by an event < and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries — Gen 26:3 (Authorized Version) > < unto you is born this day … a Savior — Lk 2:11 (Authorized Version) > (2) — used as a function word to indicate reference, concern, or interest < is a law unto himself — Raymond Daniell > < each town lived unto itself — American Guide Series: Connecticut > c. — used as a function word to indicate the recipient of care, regard, faith, or reverence < attended unto his friend > < hearkened unto his words > < trusted unto his good fortune > 6. — used as a function word to indicate comparison, agreement, or relationship < are dangerously like unto cancerous cells in the social organism — B.M.Beck > as a. < as strange unto your town as to your talk — Shakespeare > < the effort of the individual reader to live unto God — L.A.Weigle > b. < an unto this he frames his song — William Wordsworth > c. < as water unto wine — Alfred Tennyson > 7. — used as a function word to indicate possession, belonging, or relationship < documents pertaining unto the case > < servant unto the king > < cousin unto his wife > 8. a. — used as a function word to limit or direct the application of a quality or attribute to a specific individual or group < forgiving unto his enemies > < liberties which are designed to be available even unto the most iconoclastic — New Republic > b. — used as a function word to indicate range of perception or knowledge < a secret known unto few > < a name known unto many > 9. — used as a function word to indicate something arousing a response or responsive action < yielded unto their prayers > < bowed unto their demands > 10. < should have given him tears unto entreaties — Shakespeare > |
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