单词 | from day to day |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom (also fro) day to day c. from (also fro) day to day: without interruption from one day to the next; for days in succession; continuously. Also: one day at a time without consideration for the future; on an immediate or short-term basis. Cf. day-to-day adj., adv., and n. [Compare post-classical Latin de die in diem (Vulgate), Anglo-Norman de jur en jur and Middle French de jour en jour (12th cent.; French de jour en jour), and also Old High German fone tage ze tage (Middle High German von tage ze tage, German von Tag zu Tag), and further Old Dutch fan dage an dage, Middle Dutch van daghe te daghe (Dutch †van dag te dage, now van dag tot dag).] ΚΠ OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1066 Ac swa hit æfre forðlicor beon sceolde, swa wearð hit fram dæge to dæge lætre & wyrre eallswa hit æt þam ende eall geferde. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9939 Þatt aniȝ shollde dwellenn. Ne draȝhenn nohht fra daȝȝ to daȝȝ, To betenn heore sinness. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10386 (MED) Fram daye to daye hii dude þe mansinge. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 32v Fro Day to day, de die in diem, in dies, dietim. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. vi. f. xlviii Consider the birdes of the ayer: they sow not, they reape not, they lay not vp in barnes, carefull for tyme to come, they liue from day to day without all carefulnes. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. I8 From daye to daye you haue beane worse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. v. 19 To morrow, and to morrow, and to morrow, Creepes in this petty pace from day to day . View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 445. ¶3 Whether I should still persist in laying my Speculations, from Day to Day, before the Publick. 1736 tr. M. Huber World Unmask'd xiv. 347 These two Propensities make Men live from day to day;..in short, in making the best of the present, without disquieting themselves about future Reckonings. 1854 Ladies' Repository Apr. 164/1 He begins the labor of life; he has put his shoulder to the wheel; he must work in the same mill-horse round from day to day. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. ix. 131 I scraped along from day to day, not daring to look much ahead. 1912 F. E. Matthes Sketch Yosemite National Park 3 One goes to the Yosemite region..to revel in the full enjoyment of these wonders in the pure, invigorating air and the restful calm that reigns from day to day. 1961 D. Woodward tr. G. Simenon Premier iii. 84 After the disastrous experiments made by previous governments, which had lived from day to day, robbing Peter to pay Paul, the only solution was a large-scale devaluation. 2011 P. Tucker Mission Boy from Shebar viii. 67 Then the period of waiting started. From day to day, I hovered around the Principal's office, hoping to hear news of the result of the interview. < as lemmas |
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