| 单词 | above the reach of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabove (also out of, within, etc.) the reach of b. The distance to which an inanimate or immaterial thing can extend itself. Only in prepositional phrases as above (also out of, within, etc.) the reach of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach lengthc1540 reachc1595 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xlvi. 40 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 41 Our Rock on Iacobs god we found, Aboue the reach of harmes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 9 No lawfull meanes can carry me out of his enuies reach . View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 106 The Almighty is above all the reach of these unquiet perturbations. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 103 All of these ten Millions of People are obedient to their Sovereign, and within the reach of his power. 1709 E. Ward Writings IV. 128 Each merry Cup, Will lift us up Above the reach of Sorrow. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 393 He resolved..to place his glory beyond the reach of fortune. 1827 T. Hood Hero & Leander ci, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 102 Just past the reach Of foamy billows he lies cast. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 337/1 To plough deeply..places them [sc. weeds] out of the reach of frost. 1898 Cosmopolitan Jan. 231/1 All over the town men were hurrying hither and thither, some carrying their goods beyond reach of the rising tide. 1951 W. Lewis Rotting Hill i. 1 For this voyage at least we were all to be out of reach of human passions. 1985 C. Ozick Shock of Teapots in Metaphor & Memory (1989) 144 The red bus was not within reach of plain sense. Every inch of its interior streamed with unearthliness. 2007 ABC Premium Newswire (Nexis) 17 Jan. Be prepared and stack furniture and other possessions beyond the reach of the waters. < as lemmas |
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