英语词汇“a better place”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P8. euphemistic. a better place: heaven. Esp. in to go to a better place and variants: to die. Cf. a better world at world n. 1b.

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1481 tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) sig. i2^v The soule goeth in to a better place, and where it shal be better than it was in this present life.

?1555 T. Paynell tr. J. L. Vives Office of Husband sig. Dd.iv Forasmuch as by death he goeth to a better place, lette him not care for suche thinges as he leaueth here.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 207 I will giue him a present shrift, and aduise him for a better place.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 302. ⁋14 Ye guardian Angels,..lead her gently hence innocent and unreprovable to a better Place.

1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) i. 59 The pious old Man, who's Riches was Grace, Leaving the Earth for a better Place.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxii. 340 Many of those who would have rejoiced most freely upon these joyful espousals, are either gone to a better place, or are now exiles from their native land.

1826 ‘G. Penseval’ Labours Idleness ii. 114 ‘Poor soul!—Well: she is in a better place now,’ I rejoined, not knowing what to say, and recurring to the usual mode of consolation.

1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage (1992) xx. 259 Mortars ranged along the known co-ordinates to blast us to a better place.

1992 I. Banks Crow Road iii. 56 Your grandmother has gone to a better place, Prentice.

单词	a better place
释义	> as lemmas a better place P8. euphemistic. a better place: heaven. Esp. in to go to a better place and variants: to die. Cf. a better world at world n. 1b. ΚΠ 1481 tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) sig. i2^v The soule goeth in to a better place, and where it shal be better than it was in this present life. ?1555 T. Paynell tr. J. L. Vives Office of Husband sig. Dd.iv Forasmuch as by death he goeth to a better place, lette him not care for suche thinges as he leaueth here. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 207 I will giue him a present shrift, and aduise him for a better place. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 302. ⁋14 Ye guardian Angels,..lead her gently hence innocent and unreprovable to a better Place. 1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) i. 59 The pious old Man, who's Riches was Grace, Leaving the Earth for a better Place. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxii. 340 Many of those who would have rejoiced most freely upon these joyful espousals, are either gone to a better place, or are now exiles from their native land. View more context for this quotation 1826 ‘G. Penseval’ Labours Idleness ii. 114 ‘Poor soul!—Well: she is in a better place now,’ I rejoined, not knowing what to say, and recurring to the usual mode of consolation. 1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage (1992) xx. 259 Mortars ranged along the known co-ordinates to blast us to a better place. 1992 I. Banks Crow Road iii. 56 Your grandmother has gone to a better place, Prentice. extracted from betteradj.n.¹adv. < as lemmas
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