单词 | as such |
释义 | > as lemmasas such 38. as such. extracted from suchadj.pron. a. As being what the name or description implies; in that capacity. ΚΠ 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 41. ⁋5 When she observed Will. irrevocably her Slave, she began to use him as such. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 386. ⁋2 Witty Men are apt to imagine they are agreeable as such. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 566/2 Her son was proclaimed her heir, and as such great duke of all the Russias. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 315 A Welsh knight, known as such by the diminutive size of his steed. 1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 434 Biliary matter does not pre-exist as such in the blood. 1851 A. W. Pugin Chancel Screens 10 No parochial churches, built as such, ever had close screens. 1891 J. B. Edge in Law Times 90 395/1 The defendant is the rector of the parish, and, as such, occupies the glebe land. 1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 48 §4 The trade or business carried on in the house or place by the licence holder as such. b. The sense ‘in that capacity’ passes contextually into: Accordingly, consequently, thereupon. colloquial or informal. ΚΠ 1721 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 351 [He] did..publickly Declare..That he had chosen the said William Clemens to be his parish Clerk..And bid the Congregation to..accept him—as such Witness Henry Biggs, F. Barber, [etc.]. 1800 J. King in Corr. W. Fowler (1907) 33 I very much longed to hear from you..and as such I did not the least esteem it for its having been delayed for the reasons assigned. 1814 W. Fowler in Corr. W. Fowler (1907) 297 H. R. H. Princess Augusta..motioned for me to come to her Highness. As such she addressed me in the most pleasant manner possible. c. (Earlier †as it is such, etc.) Intrinsically considered; in itself; quâ (so-and-so). ΚΠ 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 2 Philosophy, which comprehends Metaphysicks, which considereth things as they are such. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 291 True fortitude glories not in the feats of War, as they are such, but as they serve to end War soonest by a victorious Peace. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 839 If Matter as such, had Life, Perception, and Understanding belonging to it. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. v. 80 Is there any thing in the nature of Vice, as such that renders it a public blessing? 1777 W. Cowper Let. 25 May (1979) I. 269 His later Epistles I think are worth little as such, but might be turn'd to excellent Account by a Young Student of Taste & Judgement. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vi. 169 History, as such, was indeed entrusted to the painters of its interior. 1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 68 The abstract conception of a Thing as such. < as lemmas |
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