英语词汇“about one”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative with reference to mental faculties, etc. about one: on the alert, in readiness for use. Now chiefly in to have one's wits about one.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > achieve understanding [phrase] > in readiness

about one1533

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. ccclxxiii In the ende he gathereth a lytle his fyue wyttes well about hym, and expowneth there the wordes of ye pore Kentyshman whych I reherse in my dyaloge concernyng Sandwyche.

1565 T. Stapleton Disc. Doctr. Protestants in tr. F. Staphylus Apol. f. 206^v Lo he stretcheth him selfe, and calleth his wittes aboute him, how he may defeat the real presence of Christes body and bloud.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. viii. ix. f. 93^v When you haue your best senses about you..then neuere feare to vrge your request.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 99 I had my wits about me; and a hand that was able to finde me worke.

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse ii. i, in Wks. II. 115 Be you sure, now, Yo' haue all your eyes about you.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 197 I used more Caution, and kept my Eyes more about me than I did before.

1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1048 Wherever you are, have (as the low vulgar expression is) your ears and your eyes about you.

1779 Mirror 20 Apr. 99 Things were not a bit mended by my wife's sollicitude (who, to do her justice, had all her eyes about her) to correct them.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 266 Have all your wits about you,..you are nursing a viper in your bosom.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lx. 590 You'll need all your senses about you, for a slip might be awkward.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lxv. 468 In hiring a horse from a Kanaka, you must have all your eyes about you, because..you are dealing with a shrewd unprincipled rascal.

1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 33/2 We shall need to have our best wits about us if we are to avoid confusion.

1956 S. Beckett Malone Dies 97 The question might have arisen..as to whether he had all his wits about him.

2004 Global Nov.–Dec. 38/2 Don't hit the bottle too heavily..as you'll need your wits about you when you get back on the slopes the next day.

单词	about one
释义	> as lemmas about one b. figurative with reference to mental faculties, etc. about one: on the alert, in readiness for use. Now chiefly in to have one's wits about one. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > achieve understanding [phrase] > in readiness about one1533 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere vii. p. ccclxxiii In the ende he gathereth a lytle his fyue wyttes well about hym, and expowneth there the wordes of ye pore Kentyshman whych I reherse in my dyaloge concernyng Sandwyche. 1565 T. Stapleton Disc. Doctr. Protestants in tr. F. Staphylus Apol. f. 206^v Lo he stretcheth him selfe, and calleth his wittes aboute him, how he may defeat the real presence of Christes body and bloud. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. viii. ix. f. 93^v When you haue your best senses about you..then neuere feare to vrge your request. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 99 I had my wits about me; and a hand that was able to finde me worke. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse ii. i, in Wks. II. 115 Be you sure, now, Yo' haue all your eyes about you. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 197 I used more Caution, and kept my Eyes more about me than I did before. 1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1048 Wherever you are, have (as the low vulgar expression is) your ears and your eyes about you. 1779 Mirror 20 Apr. 99 Things were not a bit mended by my wife's sollicitude (who, to do her justice, had all her eyes about her) to correct them. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 266 Have all your wits about you,..you are nursing a viper in your bosom. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lx. 590 You'll need all your senses about you, for a slip might be awkward. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lxv. 468 In hiring a horse from a Kanaka, you must have all your eyes about you, because..you are dealing with a shrewd unprincipled rascal. 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 33/2 We shall need to have our best wits about us if we are to avoid confusion. 1956 S. Beckett Malone Dies 97 The question might have arisen..as to whether he had all his wits about him. 2004 Global Nov.–Dec. 38/2 Don't hit the bottle too heavily..as you'll need your wits about you when you get back on the slopes the next day. extracted from aboutadv.prep.¹adj.int. < as lemmas
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