| 单词 | full marks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfull marks a. Originally: a symbol placed against a pupil's name to record a correct answer given or some other indication of merit; a character or symbol placed beside a name in a register (of students, prison convicts, etc.) as a record of good or bad conduct. Subsequently: a point awarded for a correct answer in a test; a score for a test, piece of work, etc. (representing either the total number of points awarded, or a general standard achieved). Frequently figurative (esp. in full marks, high marks, top marks). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > expressions of commendation [interjection] well-donea1500 macte1573 hear- him1727 hear1768 that's your sort1792 top marks1829 that's the spirit1853 good for you (also him, her, etc.)1855 good man1887 good egg1903 attaboy1909 to go up (also down) one1909 right on1911 hotcha1931 thataboy1936 hubba-hubba1944 chapeau1976 society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks result1802 mark1829 stand1871 grade1886 society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > entry in > mark against mark1891 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. iii. 30 I was one hundred marks before my brother. 1837 Orders & Regul. Harvard Univ. 8 The average of the marks given by the members of the [examining] Committee. 1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University I. 101 All the papers together are worth 3000,..but no-one gets full marks. 1884 H. James En Province in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 223/1 One good mark for the French Revolution! 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback vi. 105 I was once fifteen hours on the road... By rail I have done it in an hour and three-quarters. Full marks for steam, it may be thought; but [etc.]. 1891 H. Matthews in Law Times 92 96/1 A convict who gains by steady industry the maximum number of marks during each day of his sentence. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxxiv. 392 At the end of the year the graduate who made the highest mark in English and English Literature would win the scholarship. 1935 W. de la Mare Early One Morning 225 The schoolboy who collects nothing at all (except good or bad marks, or ‘colours’, or certificates) must be an odd fish. 1967 A. Wilson No Laughing Matter iii. 319 She, their own mother, was becoming jealous!.. She gave herself very bad marks indeed. 1981 Bon Appétit June 25/4 Food that gets top marks. 1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek Nucl. Amer. iii. 56 Aware only that there was a war going on and convinced that the nuclear strikes had shortened it, most Americans..gave the president high marks. 1998 Guardian 5 Nov. ii. 2/2 Also scoring highly on the fashionometer are the cooler-than-thou slash-neck tops and—full marks here—finely pleated skirts. 2003 D. Rhoten et al. in M. Carnoy et al. New Accountability i. 41 The state department receives high marks from both outside experts and local educators for its training and professional development activities. < as lemmas |
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