| 单词 | good policy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgood policy a. Prudent conduct; politic or expedient behaviour; prudence, shrewdness, sagacity. Now chiefly in bad policy, good policy, etc. Formerly also: †cunning, craftiness (obsolete).Now generally merged in sense 4, e.g. in the proverbial phrase honesty is the best policy, originally in this sense, now usually understood as in sense 4. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [noun] policyc1440 policec1450 commodity1582 expediency1612 expedience1619 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] sharpnessc897 yepshipc1000 insightc1175 yepleȝȝcc1175 yephedea1250 wit1297 fellnessa1382 policyc1440 discerningc1450 policec1450 inspectiona1527 perceivance1534 aptitude1548 sagacity1548 acuity?1549 nimbleness1561 acumen1579 seeing eye1579 esprit1591 acuteness1601 depth1605 penetration1605 knowingness1611 shrewdnessa1616 piercingnessa1628 discernment1646 sharpwittedness1647 nasuteness1660 arguteness1662 sagaciousness1678 perceptivity1700 keenness1707 cuteness1768 intuition1780 recollectedness1796 long-headedness1818 perceptiveness1823 kokum1848 incision1862 incisiveness1865 penetrativeness1873 flair1881 hard-boiledness1912 smart1964 spikiness1977 sus1979 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > astuteness yepshipc1000 yepleȝȝcc1175 yephedea1250 slyness1357 far-castingc1400 policyc1440 far-castc1540 fineness1546 astucec1550 shrewdnessa1616 arguteness1662 cuteness1768 smartness1800 astucity1837 astuteness1843 Yorkshiredom1849 flyness1888 shrewd1977 sus1979 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] listOE wiþercraftc1175 wilta1230 craftc1275 sleightc1275 engine?a1300 quaintisec1300 vaidiec1325 wilec1374 cautelc1375 sophistryc1385 quaintnessc1390 voisdie1390 havilon?a1400 foxeryc1400 subtletyc1400 undercraftc1400 practic?a1439 callidityc1450 policec1450 wilinessc1450 craftiness1484 gin1543 cautility1554 cunning1582 cautelousness1584 panurgy1586 policy1587 foxshipa1616 cunningnessa1625 subdolousness1635 dexterity1656 insidiousnessa1677 versuteness1685 pawkiness1687 sleight-hand1792 pawkery1820 vulpinism1851 downiness1865 foxiness1875 slimness1899 slypussness1908 c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 7 Be-cause the iiij cardinall vertues be necessarie to good policie, we schal speke of them. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 750 I conseyl..Off policye, forsight, and prudence. 1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 503 It weere nott polesy for me to sett þat maner jn suche case. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. v. f. xxxiiiiv I wyll peraduenture..here after..vse the same cyrcumspeccyon and polycye that I lerne of his ensample here. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Malin x Secretly by pollecy and sleight Hee slewe mee with his swoord, before I wist. 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 102 Our grosse conceipts, who think honestie the best policie. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. D In this base Bird I might well discry, The prosperous frute of thriuing Policy. 1701 R. Cocks Diary 26 May in D. W. Hayton Parl. Diary (1996) 151 Whether the vigour of the mind or the strength of the body was more beneficiall to ones country..was resolved according to our English proverb that policy goes beyond strength. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. ix. x. 323 Tom, Tom, thou hast no Policy in thee. 1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 255 Have they no way of convincing this..illustrious person,..that her only policy is silence, patience, and refusal? 1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) iv. 56 If this is policy, then are the ways of children politic. 1883 Law Times 20 Oct. 409/2 The policy of allowing this sweeping right of appeal was doubted by many. 1902 Sat. Rev. 12 July 51/2 It is bad policy to give the advice not to volley a lob. 1962 J. L. Austin's Sense & Sensibilia i. 4 In philosophy it is often good policy, where one member of a putative pair falls under suspicion, to view the more innocent-seeming party suspiciously as well. < as lemmas |
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