单词 | for the time |
释义 | > as lemmasfor the time (a) for the time (formerly also †for time): = for the time being at be v. Phrases 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > for the time being for the timec1390 for the time being1449 for present1559 for the present1559 presently1593 for the moment1754 c1390 (?c1350) St. Bernard l. 325 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 46 (MED) A slepyng mon to men is tolde As good as ded for þe tyme. 1415 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 233 Wee the forseid Water & William, beyng vewers for the tyme of the seid Cite. 1463–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1463 §27. m. 10 Any persone or persones for tyme dwellyng..within the same chapell. c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 443 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 314 (MED) Thouh wikkydnesse for tyme [1476 Caxton for the tyme] be kept secre, Yitt att the laste will it discurid be. 1547 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 30 Aug. (1933) 277 I kepe my wont to write to your Grace now, in whose hands I know the estate of the realm to be fortime in government. 1580 T. Cooper Briefe Homily Lords Supper sig. B.iv Immediately after Supper, they through timerousnes fled from Christ, & for the time forsoke him. 1627 P. Hay Advt. Subj. Scotl. 127 The French King..having received some Appellations and Complayntes from those of Guyen, beeing for the tyme Subjects to the King of England. 1696 Constit. agreed Comm. Company of Scotl. trading Afr. & Indies (single sheet) The Major Part of the Council General or Court of Directors in being for the Time, shall always be a Quorum. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxxii. 216 These ideal vagaries, which, for the time, realize pain or pleasure to us. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 495 The consul's presence in his port should suspend, for the time, the functions of the vice-consul. 1891 Athenæum 3 Jan. 20/1 For the time the question must be considered shelved, but the change must soon come. 1965 P. Hunt Gift of Unicorn 38 If it were allowed, one would say he was trying to get at the soul of the immediate apple. They are, for the time, wholly his apples. < as lemmas |
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