释义 |
seemer|ˈsiːmə(r)| [f. seem v.2 + -er1.] One who seems, or makes a pretence or show.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. i. iii. 54 Lord Angelo..scarce confesses That his blood flowes: or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone: hence shall we see If power change purpose, what our Seemers be. 1647Trapp Comm. 1 Cor. x. 12 If he be no more then a seemer, he will fall at length into hell-mouth. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 297 When the guardians of the laws and of the government are only seemers and not real guardians. |