| 单词 | chain of being |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschain of being(s) a. of action or condition. chain of being(s), (a conception of the universe as) a continuous series or gradation of types of being in order of perfection, stretching from God as the infinite down through a hierarchy of finite beings to nothingness; the scale of being or nature (see scale n.3 5); chain of command, a series of positions of military or civil authority such that each holder is directly responsible to, and takes his orders from, the next above. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > entity, being, or thing > scale or chain of being(s) chain of being(s)1712 society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > chain of command rank1583 chain of command1957 society > authority > command > [noun] > line or chain of command line of command1930 chain of command1957 food chain1989 a1593 H. Smith Serm. (1866) II. 186 Draws sin upon sin, till there be a chain of many links. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. B3v The highest Linke of Natures chaine must needes be tyed to the foote of Iupiters chaire. View more context for this quotation] 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vii. 30 In the chain of Discourse, wheresoever it be interrupted, there is an End for that time. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 25 Here no chain of succession could be pleaded, where no two links followed in order. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 109. ⁋1 Without..Care to preserve the Appearance of Chain of Thought. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 519. ¶10. The Chain of Beings which has been often termed the nexus utriusque mundi. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 237 Vast Chain of Being! which from God began, Ethereal Essence, Spirit, Substance, Man, Beast, Bird, Fish, Insect! 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 6 [Man]..Connection exquisite of distant Worlds! Distinguisht Link in Being's endless Chain! 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. Introd. 1 This false idea..reduced the vegetable chain to a small number of interrupted links. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 31 The simplest chain of reasoning. 1875 J. W. Dawson Life's Dawn on Earth i. 3 Link in a reproductive chain of being. a1889 Mod. The chain of proof is complete. 1915 Sphere 23 Jan. 96/1 The general headquarters with the chain of command branching out into three corps headquarters. 1936 A. O. Lovejoy (title) The Great Chain of Being. 1951 W. H. Auden & C. Kallman Rake's Progress ii. 35 In secular abundant bliss He shall ascend the chain Of Being to its top. 1957 Times 23 Aug. 3/1 Whether the traffic branch was directly responsible to the Chief Constable or whether the chain of command led through the Superintendent. 1959 Listener 23 Apr. 700/1 President Eisenhower has cherished the General's devotion to the chain of command: the habit of delegating total responsibility. 1970 Daily Tel. 11 May 9/5 The 15 companies of Independent Television have managed to avoid bureaucracy: their chains of command have been kept short. < as lemmas |
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