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

Compounds

With to followed by an infinitive, with the sense ‘soon to perform the action indicated by the infinitive’ (esp. (in about-to-be followed by a past participle) in passive sense ‘soon to undergo the action indicated by the infinitive’).

C1. Forming a noun phrase. With the.

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1800 G. Bennet Olam Haneshamoth iv. 75 The Was, the Is, and the About-to-come.

1854 Putnam's Monthly Dec. 609/1 ‘Future’, again, is the about to be.

1893 R. Kipling Bridge-Builders in Illustr. London News Christmas 3/1 ‘My honour is the honour of this bridge,’ he would say to the about-to-be-dismissed.

1922 Times 27 Dec. 11/5 The despairing crowd of the about-to-be-labelled.

2000 G. Lloyd in C. Mackenzie & N. Stoljar Relational Autonomy v. 117 The ties of companionship and loyalty that bind him to the dead and to the about-to-die.

C2. Forming an attributive phrase. Cf. soon-to-be at soon adv. Compounds, never adv. and int. Compounds 1a.

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1803 J. Bentham Plea for Const. §6. 21 In a new planted or about to be planted colony.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 342 Between the destroyed and the about-to-be renovated world.

1836 Times 20 Dec. 3/5 The about-to-retire member for East Cornwall.

1883 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 297/2 ‘Curious is it,’ said the count, ‘that you and the about-to-make-his-appearance tenor should the same name have.’

1922 G. Overton When Winter comes to Main St. iii. 59 As stated, the crew in the about-to-collapse boat was Stewart Edward White.

1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 57 Metzger handed Oedipa aboard the about-to-be-hijacked vessel.

1991 She May 84/1 Together we mapped out the liberated relationships with men we'd have in an about-to-dawn New Age.

2002 P. Augar & J. Palmer Rise Player Manager ii. 13 The about-to-be privatized public utilities.

单词	about-to-be
释义	> as lemmas about-to-be Compounds With to followed by an infinitive, with the sense ‘soon to perform the action indicated by the infinitive’ (esp. (in about-to-be followed by a past participle) in passive sense ‘soon to undergo the action indicated by the infinitive’). C1. Forming a noun phrase. With the. ΚΠ 1800 G. Bennet Olam Haneshamoth iv. 75 The Was, the Is, and the About-to-come. 1854 Putnam's Monthly Dec. 609/1 ‘Future’, again, is the about to be. 1893 R. Kipling Bridge-Builders in Illustr. London News Christmas 3/1 ‘My honour is the honour of this bridge,’ he would say to the about-to-be-dismissed. 1922 Times 27 Dec. 11/5 The despairing crowd of the about-to-be-labelled. 2000 G. Lloyd in C. Mackenzie & N. Stoljar Relational Autonomy v. 117 The ties of companionship and loyalty that bind him to the dead and to the about-to-die. C2. Forming an attributive phrase. Cf. soon-to-be at soon adv. Compounds, never adv. and int. Compounds 1a. ΚΠ 1803 J. Bentham Plea for Const. §6. 21 In a new planted or about to be planted colony. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 342 Between the destroyed and the about-to-be renovated world. 1836 Times 20 Dec. 3/5 The about-to-retire member for East Cornwall. 1883 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 297/2 ‘Curious is it,’ said the count, ‘that you and the about-to-make-his-appearance tenor should the same name have.’ 1922 G. Overton When Winter comes to Main St. iii. 59 As stated, the crew in the about-to-collapse boat was Stewart Edward White. 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 57 Metzger handed Oedipa aboard the about-to-be-hijacked vessel. 1991 She May 84/1 Together we mapped out the liberated relationships with men we'd have in an about-to-dawn New Age. 2002 P. Augar & J. Palmer Rise Player Manager ii. 13 The about-to-be privatized public utilities. extracted from aboutadv.prep.¹adj.int. < as lemmas
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