α. late Middle English– eligible, 1500s eligyble, 1500s elygyble.
β. 1500s–1700s elegible.
γ. 1700s– eligable (rare and nonstandard); Scottish pre-1700 elegabill.
单词 | eligible |
释义 | eligibleadj.n.α. late Middle English– eligible, 1500s eligyble, 1500s elygyble. β. 1500s–1700s elegible. γ. 1700s– eligable (rare and nonstandard); Scottish pre-1700 elegabill. A. adj. 1. a. Fit or deserving to be chosen; worthy of pursuing or adopting. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [adjective] > chosen > able or worthy to be eligible?a1425 choosable1681 selectable1836 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 24 (MED) In exiturez..is founden somtyme by Cirurgie, somtyme bi farmacie, a way of helyng more eligible [L. eligibilior] .i. chesyng. a1593 T. Nashe in G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation (1593) 180 Ratifying of truthful and eligible English. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1067 What greater contrariety can there be, as touching things eligible or refusable, than to say that, etc. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 85 That he conceiveth the Vertues to be eligible in theselves, is manifest. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. ix. 84 The most eligible manner of doubling Cape Horn. 1788 J. Beekman Let. 20 Nov. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) III. 1088 A more gentle Mode of Procedure against them might perhaps be more eligible. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. xi. 99 It was fixed upon as the eligiblest course. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) ii. 133 In this equality of mountains, all were alike eligible. 1950 Social Forces 29 197/2 He offers his goal of self development as being the most eligible way of life. 2003 Jrnl. Law & Society 30 565 The adoption of one eligible course of action necessarily precludes the adoption of an alternative course of action that is, likewise, eligible. b. In weakened use: likely to be chosen; desirable, appealing, agreeable. Now esp.: suitable as a partner in marriage. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] acceptablea1382 acceptedc1384 admittable?1406 approvablec1449 eligiblea1500 plausible1541 admissable1587 avowable1602 applausive1605 admissible1611 vendible1642 plaudablea1650 unexceptionable1664 favourable1666 unobnoxious1678 unexceptioned1704 right1748 unregrettable1748 undisgusting1755 unexceptional1775 all right1868 unarraignable1886 a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 49 (MED) It is more eligible a man [L. eligendum est] to haue all þe worlde contrarie to him þan ihesu offendid. 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices ii. 117 The complection therfore most eligible is sanguine, aubourne haire, of a meane stature; vertuously instructed, healthfull and long liued. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Dying iii. §5. 104 Sicknesse is in many degrees eligible to many men, and to many purposes. 1665 G. Swinnock Wks. v. 440 Their peevishness, and passion, and pride,..causeth their company to be far the less eligible and lovely. 1727 J. Swift Let. to very Young Lady in Misc. II. 323 A Shrew from Billingsgate would be a more easy and eligible Companion. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxiii. 75 The condition of the commons was nowise eligible. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 101 He resolved..to seek some other more eligible situation. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiii. 222 Not..a very eligible admirer for darling Rosey. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. x. 282 It provides them with the most eligible investment for their savings. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 53 What June had taken for personal interest was only the impersonal excitement of every Forsyte who hears of something eligible in danger of passing into other hands. 1959 J. Kirkup tr. S. de Beauvoir Mem. Dutiful Daughter ii. 117 She led a very sheltered existence in the Basque country, where there were not many eligible young men. 2012 Tamworth Herald (Nexis) 21 June A man of sartorial elegance, immaculately dressed, rich and handsome... The epitome of the eligible bachelor. 2. a. Fit or proper to be chosen for an office, position, award, etc.; regarded as fulfilling the necessary criteria or qualifications to be considered for a particular benefit. Also with for, †of, to, into. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > appointed by election > qualified for election eligible1517 electable1879 1517 R. Fox Let. 25 Feb. (1929) 90 Ye may say that by the Fundacion there be noo Maisters of Arte eligible. 1561 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 283 Two others of assystaunce shalbe chosen and adyoyned to the xiij, eligible also for the offyce of the Mayre. 1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vi. i. 2 These foureteene were such as had serued fiue yeares in the warres, whereby they became eligible of that dignitie. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 116 Four Essentials are requisite in the Persons Eligible into this Order. 1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 44 All others are Elegible. 1789 Constit. U.S. ii. §1 No person except a natural born citizen..shall be eligible to the office of president. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics vi. 135 They ordained that a general list of all the eligible citizens..should be formed. 1853 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 127 1185 The natives of India were declared to be eligible to any office. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 124 A member of Parliament cannot, without vacation of his seat, be eligible for any other place. 1922 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 16 473 The court held that the Nineteenth Amendment by adding women to the body of qualified electors made them eligible to jury duty. 1949 Cavalier Daily (Univ. Virginia) 22 Oct. 1/2 Selected as the University's eligible candidates for this year's Rhodes Scholarship. 2007 B. Zhiyue China's Elite Politics i. 24 Jiang would not be eligible for the post if he were to step down as general secretary of the Party. b. Banking and Finance. Designating bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments which a central bank will accept as collateral or for rediscounting. ΚΠ 1851 Bankers' Mag. Dec. 785 Money is plentiful in the discount market... A complaint prevails that eligible bills are decidedly scarce. 1856 Morning Post 4 Oct. 4/5 The rate of discount has not as yet undergone any alteration in the quotation,..but more readiness has been shown to take eligible paper at the lower price. 1914 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 28 243 The Federal Reserve Board is authorized to define more precisely the nature and character of eligible paper. 1965 Pacific Affairs 38 328 Almost all debentures are eligible collateral for Bank of Japan loans. 2002 Bank of Eng. Q. Bull. Summer 156/1 The Bank of England purchases eligible securities from its counterparties and agrees to sell back equivalent securities at a predetermined future date. a. Subject to appointment by election (as opposed to conferral or by right). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > appointed by election > subject to appointment by election eligible1561 1561 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 283 Eight persons of assystance out of the wch the Mayre shold be elygyble wt the Aldermen. 1613 R. Dallington Briefe Inference Guicciardines Digression 31 in Aphorismes Ciuill & Militarie Let them hold the power and prerogatiue of the Palatines and Castellans in Poland (where the Scepter is likewise eligible) to choose him Head ouer themselues. 1646 J. Lilburne Londons Liberty in Chains 4 Sheriffes are only eligible by the Barons or Burgesses of the City. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 108 in Justice Vindicated King Henry the First being requested by the Bishop of Rome to make them [sc. the Bishops] eligible. 1739 Bacon's Hist. Disc. Govt. (ed. 4) iv. 24 (note) Both the Chancellor and other Great Officers of State were originally eligible by the Parliament. 1784 Acts & Laws Connecticut 291 Said City shall thereupon proceed to choose a Mayor and the other Officers of said City eligible by the Freemen thereof. 1836 Archit. Mag. Dec. 553 If it [sc. the Royal Academy] really represents the artists of Great Britain,..it should be responsible to, and eligible by, them. b. That can be elected (by a particular means). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. ii. 339 Elected and eligible by bribery. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] > dependent upon will or inclination imperated1535 arbitrary1574 imperate1624 electitious1631 discretionary1643 arbitrarious1647 discretional1653 arbitral1662 discretionable1750 eligible1769 permissory1909 1769 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 181 I never looked upon this method of petition to the Crown as a thing eligible, but as a matter of urgent and disagreeable necessity. 1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 71 Our selection of a new question, as our starting point, is not simply convenient, it is constraining: it is not eligible, but inevitable. B. n. An eligible person or thing; spec. a desirable marriage partner. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > object of desire willeOE desire1340 appetitec1386 flight1530 optative1605 catch1609 desiderate1640 desirable1645 desideratuma1651 eligible1656 appetible1715 lookout1795 desideration1836 ooh-ah1957 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [noun] > marriageable person > with reference to means or position > person(s) desirable on account of eligible1656 catch1749 taking1809 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. xv. 93 A wise man is neuer mad, yet somtimes strange phantasies may occurre to him through melancholy or deliration, not according to the reason of eligibles, but præternaturall. 1674 J. Godolphin Orphans Legacy iii. xxiv. 319 He may chuse in that case the best of the Devised Eligibles. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. v. 22 If I could bring my Charmer to this, would it not be the Eligible of Eligibles? 1798 J. S. Murray Gleaner III. lxxxix. 199 The love of life, although its eligibles may be in a great measure diminished, is generally a paramount passion. 1844 Calcutta Rev. 1 10 There is no scarcity of brides; and merchants' clerks and Ensigns are eligibles. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 224 She had, of course, all the eligibles and non-eligibles of the other sex sighing at her feet. 1881 Athenæum 23 July 107/3 A choice of preference of eligibles. 1927 Rotarian Sept. 17/3 He was not so well-moneyed as many other young eligibles. 1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman iv. 30 ‘Rest assured that I shall not present anyone unsuitable.’.. ‘An eligible has occurred to me. Her name is Sarah Woodruff.’ 2014 Vanity Fair Sept. 148/1 Her Vogue-worthy roster of ‘eligibles’, as she called them, comprised models, actresses, socialites, and shopgirls. Compounds eligible liability n. Banking and Finance any of a set of liabilities against which a bank or other financial institution is required to hold a specified percentage of reserve assets; usually in plural.Chiefly with reference to financial institutions in the United Kingdom and other European countries. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt > other types of debt crown debt1641 debt of honour1646 oblata1658 judgment debt1702 bond-debt1707 rumple1746 contingent liability1798 overdraft1812 current liability1832 receivable1836 minority debt1897 negative equity1946 eligible liability1971 1971 Guardian 11 Sept. 12/2 As from the beginning of October banks will have to keep a reserve ratio of 12.5 per cent of eligible liabilities. 1982 C. J. Green Monetary Policy & Struct. Interest Rates in U.K. (Ph.D. thesis, Yale Univ.) ii. 24 The per cent of eligible liabilities which must be on deposit is varied by the Bank. 2016 M. Krimminger in J. E. Castañeda et al. European Banking Union viii. 171 The resolution authority may seek funding..to cover any losses which have not been absorbed by eligible liabilities. eligible termination payment n. Australian a lump sum, usually received on retirement or termination of employment, which is eligible for certain tax concessions and which may be transferred into an investment fund to which similar concessions apply; abbreviated ETP. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > payment in consideration of past service > types of out-pension1711 commandery1721 state pension1745 flying pensionc1770 war pension1930 SERPS1983 eligible termination payment1984 1984 Canberra Times 1 Aug. 17/8 Basic instructions which payers of eligible termination payments will need to follow. 1991 Austral. Accountant Nov. 51/2 Income earners who receive eligible termination payments (ETPs) can roll these payments over into a PADF [= personal approved deposit fund]. 2014 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 3 May 39 The employer treated the payment as an eligible termination payment and withheld tax accordingly. Derivatives ˈeligibly adv. in an eligible manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [adverb] eligibly1543 1543 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 125 The seid waterbayly shalbe eligibly and yerly electid. 1673 J. Hickes Disc. Excellency of Heavenly Substance sig. E3 Many carnal Hypocritical Professors..wonder at the imprudence of those..that..eligibly make themselves poor for the Gospel sake. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. ii. 25 Eligibly and happily settled. View more context for this quotation 2012 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 29 Nov. 28 The lake..will be eligibly situated for access from all the entrances to the park. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?a1425 |
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