单词 | anti-levelling |
释义 | > as lemmasanti-levelling anti-levelling adj. Brit. /ˌantɪˈlɛvl̩ɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈlɛv(ə)lɪŋ/ , /ˌænˌtaɪˈlɛv(ə)lɪŋ/ , /ˌæn(t)əˈlɛv(ə)lɪŋ/ ΚΠ 1793 J. Thelwall Peripatetic III. 135 Those whom bigotry, or dread of their displeasure, might induce to subscribe to their anti-levelling association. 1817 W. Hazlitt Characters Shakespear's Plays 70 The principle of poetry is a very anti-levelling principle. 1914 T. H. S. Escott Club Makers & Club Members ii. 45 The tone of the Rota debates grew..more anti-levelling and contemptuously opposed to ‘mob rule’. 1994 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 7 May 1151/2 The battle against unemployment ceded priority to that against inflation. This had a profoundly anti-levelling social impact. < as lemmas |
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