单词 | in great character |
释义 | > as lemmasin great (also good, high) character P4. in great (also good, high) character: in good repute or high esteem. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1737 Year of Wonders 8 View York and Talbot with astonish'd Eyes, Both in high Post, both in high Character, Each shines refulgent in his proper Sphere. 1757 London Chron. 10 May 453/1 There were false Brethren among Persons in high Character and Employments in Church and State. 1789 R. Saunders in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 82 A medicine formerly in great character. 1825 Examiner 16 May 303/1 Would not the doing all this have been both honourable and useful to Colombia herself? Nations find their account in good character, as well as individuals. 1939 F. J. Roethlisberger & W. J. Dickson Managem. & Worker xv. 353 When I was a boy, it was quite a thing to learn a trade. You had to be in good character, and your family had to be known. < as lemmas |
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