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单词 example-setting
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example-setting
C2. Objective, as example-giver, example-giving; example-setting adj., etc.
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1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccxv/1 Bisshops and prelates, whiche shold preuayle more by techynge and example gyuynge.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 898 (MED) Ther were notable and famous doctours, Example yeuers of lyuyng gracyous.
1571 H. G. tr. G. Boccaccio Thirtene Plesant & Delectable Questions vii. sig. Y Thou through example giuing dost endeuour thy selfe to shew, that all goodnesse and all vertue doth proceede from him.
1757 R. Maxwell Pract. Husbandman 370 One begins when his Neighbour begins, and the Example-giver is commonly one who has scraped a little Pelf together, seldom by Husbandry.
1870 Nation (N.Y.) 13 Jan. 26/1 The law-givers, and example-givers, and philosophers of our day do not see that these things are incompatible.
1921 Shorthorn World 25 Nov. 24/2 He was even more of an example setter than a teacher.
2009 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 23/2 The feds have adopted a mostly hands-off policy, though they occasionally swoop in to make an example-setting arrest.
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