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

(a) in a great (good, small, etc.) way.

(i) On a large (or small) income; living affluently (or modestly).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > with large income and expenditure

in a great way1741

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 251 There is not a more diligent, a more sober, nor more courteous Set of Servants in any Family in a great Way.

c1750 J. Nelson Jrnl. (1836) 9 We..lived in a good way (as the world calls it), that is, in peace and plenty, and love to each other.

1816 J. Austen Emma I. ii. 25 Having brothers already established in a good way in London.

1816 J. Austen Emma II. iv. 67 The elder sister..was very well married, to a gentleman in a great way, near Bristol, who kept two carriages!

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. viii. 73 It was very right that he should take lodgings in his aunt's house, who lived in a very small way.

1883 E. Eiloart Was it Worth Cost? I. xi. 168 He means to die a country gentleman in a small way.

1913 A. B. Osborne As it is in Eng. ix. 199 Life here is lived in a very great way, and with a routined gaiety that to some temperaments would be burdensome.

1913 T. E. Lawrence Let. 10 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1952) 64 I have felt that (at least for the near future) to talk of settling down to live in a small way anywhere else was beating the air.

2004 P. Gregory Virgin's Lover 211 I thought I could win him from the court and bring him back to me and that we could live in a small way, a mean way.

(ii) With reference to a business enterprise: on a large (or small) scale. Also more fully in a good way of business, etc. (cf. sense A. 25a).

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1779 Mirror No. 17 I was married, about five years ago, to a young man in a good way of business as a grocer.

1833 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. July 27/1 Next, however, as another more lasting resource, he forges; at first in a small way.

1864 Law Times' Rep. N.S.X. 719/1 The defendants..were contractors and builders in a large way of business.

1885 Field 26 Sept. 476/1 Young men..go headlong into some big scheme they take into their heads..instead of starting cautiously and in a small way.

1909 Daily Chron. 19 May 3/3 An industrious hard-working young man, starting as a produce dealer in a small way in the disturbed epoch of the Civil War, drifts into the oil trade.

1998 Review (Rio Tinto plc) June 14/1 His father..was a Quaker, locksmith and nailmaker, who also farmed in a small way in Dudley in the English midshires.

单词	in a great way
释义	> as lemmas in a great (good, small, etc.) way (a) in a great (good, small, etc.) way. (i) On a large (or small) income; living affluently (or modestly). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > with large income and expenditure in a great way1741 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 251 There is not a more diligent, a more sober, nor more courteous Set of Servants in any Family in a great Way. c1750 J. Nelson Jrnl. (1836) 9 We..lived in a good way (as the world calls it), that is, in peace and plenty, and love to each other. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. ii. 25 Having brothers already established in a good way in London. View more context for this quotation 1816 J. Austen Emma II. iv. 67 The elder sister..was very well married, to a gentleman in a great way, near Bristol, who kept two carriages! View more context for this quotation 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. viii. 73 It was very right that he should take lodgings in his aunt's house, who lived in a very small way. 1883 E. Eiloart Was it Worth Cost? I. xi. 168 He means to die a country gentleman in a small way. 1913 A. B. Osborne As it is in Eng. ix. 199 Life here is lived in a very great way, and with a routined gaiety that to some temperaments would be burdensome. 1913 T. E. Lawrence Let. 10 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1952) 64 I have felt that (at least for the near future) to talk of settling down to live in a small way anywhere else was beating the air. 2004 P. Gregory Virgin's Lover 211 I thought I could win him from the court and bring him back to me and that we could live in a small way, a mean way. (ii) With reference to a business enterprise: on a large (or small) scale. Also more fully in a good way of business, etc. (cf. sense A. 25a). ΚΠ 1779 Mirror No. 17 I was married, about five years ago, to a young man in a good way of business as a grocer. 1833 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. July 27/1 Next, however, as another more lasting resource, he forges; at first in a small way. 1864 Law Times' Rep. N.S.X. 719/1 The defendants..were contractors and builders in a large way of business. 1885 Field 26 Sept. 476/1 Young men..go headlong into some big scheme they take into their heads..instead of starting cautiously and in a small way. 1909 Daily Chron. 19 May 3/3 An industrious hard-working young man, starting as a produce dealer in a small way in the disturbed epoch of the Civil War, drifts into the oil trade. 1998 Review (Rio Tinto plc) June 14/1 His father..was a Quaker, locksmith and nailmaker, who also farmed in a small way in Dudley in the English midshires. extracted from wayn.¹int.¹ < as lemmas
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