| 单词 | above and beyond |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabove and beyond P5. above and beyond: in addition to; far beyond; in excess of the expectations or demands of. Cf. over and above prep. 2. ΚΠ 1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. iv. ii. 39 Indeuoure thy selfe to worke, aboue and beyond that whiche thou findest wrytten in bokes, and especiallye in Algebra. 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 139 But above and beyond all his hopes and expectations, the King looks upon him with a smooth brow. 1793 A. Fuller Calvinistic & Socinian Syst. Examined & Compared xiii. 275 His subject raises him, raises him above and beyond himself. 1846 D. Corcoran Pickings 33 A prisoner whom we at once knew was above and beyond the ordinary class of lock-up prisoners. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 125 Let us try..to make this retreat in honour of St. Francis with our whole heart... But, above and beyond all, let this retreat be one to which you can look back in after years. 1996 J. Doran Red Doran 123 She..was always there to help us out in difficult times, above and beyond the call of duty. < as lemmas |
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