| 释义 |
inspired, ppl. a.|ɪnˈspaɪəd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
A. ppl. a.
1. Blown on or into; inflated. Obs. or arch.
1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. IV, cccxx, The French mean-while, with re-inspired Sayles Come to ayde Glendoure.
2. Breathed in; taken into the lungs in breathing; inhaled. (Opp. to expired 1.)
1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, viii, As new-Inspired Ayre. 1753N. Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat 57 General Causes drawn from the inspired Air. 1873C. H. Ralfe Phys. Chem. 179 The expired air also occupies a greater volume than the inspired.
3. Actuated or animated by divine or supernatural influence. (In quot. 1667 of a thing, charged with supernatural influence.)
1667Milton P.L. iv. 273 That sweet Grove Of Daphne by Orontes, and th' inspir'd Castalian Spring. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 183 Archbishops and Cardinals saw an inspired prophetess in a Kentish servant girl. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 282 The poet Pindar and other inspired men.
4. Infused or communicated by divine or supernatural power; having the character of inspiration.
As applied to the Sacred Scriptures, there is now usually a blending of senses 3 and 4, the Word being viewed as still animated by the divine influence which communicated it.
c1450Lydg. Secrees 220 Thorugh his sugryd Enspyred Elloquence, Kowde of ther tounge make a translacyoun. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. Introd. (1851) 146 These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired guift of God. 1725Watts Logic ii. ii. §9 Propositions which are attain'd by this sort of Evidence are called inspired Truths. 1736Butler Anal. ii. vii. 352 That those persons were the original proper and sole authors of those books, i.e. that they are not inspired. 1873H. Rogers Orig. Bible. ix. (ed. 3) 419 Inspired in every particle, if not verbally, yet plenarily, from the first verse of Genesis to the last verse of the Apocalypse. 1885S. Cox Expos. Ser. i. iv. 42 Our interpretations of the Inspired Word.
5. transf.
a. Prompted by, or emanating from, an influential (but unavowed) source: said of particular views or information on some public matter, or of a speaker, writer, journal, etc. that publishes such.
1887Spectator 10 Sept. 1201 The North German Gazette contained an inspired article. 1897Daily News 13 Mar. 3/1 It was true that an inspired journal..had given information on this subject.
b. Phr. inspired guess, a guess not based on fact or known information (cf. educated guess).
1914G. B. Shaw Misalliance p. xlix, In a single brain..we get the inspired guess of the man of genius. 1969J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 120 Improving the accuracy of a forecast usually calls for the careful and detailed analysis of past records plus an estimate or an inspired guess as to how future trends will differ from those of the past. 1972N. Tinbergen in Proc. R. Soc. CLXXXII. 389 The effects of other behaviours are so difficult to trace that even now no more than inspired guesses are possible.
B. as n. An inspired person.
1749G. Lavington Enthus. Methodists (1754) I. ii. 19 The famous Enthusiast Mrs. Bourignon..assumed the Character of an Inspired. |