单词 | from strength to strength |
释义 | > as lemmas(to go, grow, etc.) from strength to strength e. (to go, grow, etc.) from strength to strength: (to continue or develop) with increasing success or vigour. [After Hebrew mēḥayil ’el-ḥāyil (Psalm 84:7, compare quot. 1535); compare the corresponding passages in Hellenistic Greek ἐκ δυνάμεως εἰς δύναμιν (Septuagint) and post-classical Latin de fortitudine in fortitudinem (Hebraic Psalter; also de virtute in virtutem (Roman Psalter, Gallican Psalter)).] ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxxiv. 7 They go from strength to strength. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xii. 204 Walke therefore, goe on from strength to strength, from vertue to vertue. 1620 R. Newton Countesse of Mountgomeries Eusebeia 56 And euery day [true faith] growes from strength to strength, better'd in knowledge,..better'd in obedience. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxv. 438 The new creature is a thriving creature, growing from strength to strength. 1746 Important Question Discussed 31 The House of Bourbon every where encroaching upon its neighbours, still adding town to town, and going on from strength to strength. 1849 J. C. Hare Serm. Preacht Herstmonceux Church II. xxiv. 468 Mounting from strength to strength, from highth, to a higher highth! a1879 F. R. Havergal Poet. Wks. (1884) II. xi. 223 Now, onward, ever onward, from ‘strength to strength’ we go. 1936 H. Temperley Eng. & Near East i. 15 His reign had begun in weakness but was proceeding from strength to strength. 1972 ‘C. Fremlin’ Appointment with Yesterday ii. 17 Julian went from strength to strength. House-Surgeon, Registrar, Senior Registrar. 2004 Daily Tel. 16 Aug. 6/1 British ‘granny chic’ is going from strength to strength among the city's trendsetters. < as lemmas |
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