单词 | above, reach |
释义 | > as lemmasabove, (also beyond, out of) (a person's) reach a. Capacity or power of comprehension; extent of knowledge or of the ability to acquire it; range of mind or thought. Frequently in prepositional phrases, as above, (also beyond, out of) (a person's) reach. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > [noun] > range reach1542 eyeshot1600 scope1609 area1829 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] witOE understandinga1050 intention1340 intendmentc1374 knowledgea1387 intelligencec1390 conceitc1405 intellect?a1475 perceiverancea1500 perceiverationa1500 receipta1500 intendiment1528 reach1542 apprehension1570 toucha1586 understandingnessa1628 apprehensivenessa1639 ingenuity1651 comprehensiona1662 intelligibility1661 intelligency1663 uptake1816 the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > range of thought reach1542 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun] > range of scholarship reach1542 range1850 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. §23 This saiyng..whiche is fathered on Socrates.., What is aboue our reach, we haue naught to doe withall. 1572 H. Middlemore in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 5 I sayd they were matters owt of my reache, and farre from myne acquayntawnce. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. To Rdr. sig. **2v The ignorant..hereof, whose reach hath not byn so ample as others. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 168 His high reach and deep wit, whereby he apprehended the knowledge of all things vnder the cope of heauen. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. xii. 53 Many things they [sc. Planets] foretold to Alexander,..beyond the reach of men. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 793 Let this appease The doubt, since humane reach no further knows. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 62 Which herein Happ'ly had ends above my reach to know. View more context for this quotation 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 6 Be sure your self and your own Reach to know, How far your Genius, Taste, and Learning go. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 79. ⁋3 Has a long reach in detecting the projects of his acquaintance. 1776 H. Cowley Runaway III. 29 Look ye Madam—you have a great understanding to be sure—and I confess you talk above my reach. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Frederic the Great in Ess. (1877) 663 Nothing beyond the reach of any man of good parts. 1879 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 3 A pathless immensity beyond our powers of vision or of reach. a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 67 And already they are out of reach. I can't seem to speak their language. 1989 W. Percy in C. Anthony Family Portraits 186 What I'd begin to see, catch on to, was the great happy reach and play of the poet at the top of his form. 1995 Independent 29 Apr. 26/4 Even the concert hall finale..sheds scant light on the novel's theme... The book's exact significance hangs defiantly out of reach. < as lemmas |
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