| 单词 | for instance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor instance b. for instance: extracted from instancen. (a) for example, as an instance of what has been said. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > in the particular case [phrase] > for instance or example for example?a1439 as namely1565 exempli causa1569 exempli gratia1591 e.g.1622 ex. gr.1635 for instance1657 exemp. gratia1667 for the purpose1680 par exemple1801 sample this1998 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 19 The proof of this I found, by looking on the Stars... For instance; There is a little Star, called Auriga [etc.]. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 30 It..can never happen, unless in the inside of a Building: for instance, of a Dome, or the like. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (1870) iv. §326 The daily motion of the Earth is very different in different parts—at the equator and at a pole, for instance. 1885 Lyell's Stud. Elem. Geol. (ed. 4) 20 Deposits..are still in progress at many points, as, for instance, at the mouth of the Var. (b) As n., an example. Frequently in to give (one) a for instance. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc. asaumplea1250 evidencec1391 piecea1393 examplea1398 samplera1400 exemplarc1475 paradigm1483 instant1560 precedenta1575 exemplification1582 exemplary1583 instance1592 instancy1613 copy1641 specimen1659 patron saint1803 for instance1959 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > be instanced or exemplified [verb (intransitive)] > give an instance or example exemplify?a1439 to give or make instance1592 example1616 sample1871 to give (one) a for instance1959 1959 in Amer. Speech (1962) 37 202 We'll give you a couple of ‘for instances’ here... Carpets that sold for $199.95 selling for $129. 1961 Easton (Pa.) Express 10 July 20/4 A forinstance is the case of a Ring Lardner story he included in an anthology of humorous talks. 1966 Punch 25 May 772/3 ‘Name us a for-instance, Sid, mate,’ suggested Jack abstractedly... ‘Only now and again the chat round here gets a bit difficult to pin down.’ 1978 New Yorker 26 June 26/2 ‘I'll give you a for instance’, a man named Irving Goltz told us... ‘My real name was Irving. For a while there, they called me Sidney, and then, all of a sudden, they were calling me Sussy. Don't ask me why.’ < as lemmas |
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