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单词 in one's turn
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in one's turn
(a) in one's turn: in one's due order in a series (often used rhetorically to indicate an act duly or naturally following a similar act on the part of another party, but without the notion of pre-arranged succession).
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the world > time > change > alternation > rotation > [adverb]
aboutOE
whilemeala1382
by whiles1382
in coursea1400
in turna1500
circularly1648
in rotation1771
round-by-round1933
rotationally1950
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > in order, sequence, or succession [phrase] > out of place in a series
out of turn1888
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Rawl.) (1974) 138 (MED) Euery man in his turne and aftir his ordir chaungith, rebateth [c1475 Univ. Oxf. all erthly lordshippes..ben chaunged, enlowed], or subuertith from the happy fortunes and grete brute of realmys.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie T 377 By course or euery man in his turne, alternis.
1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xi. 44 Argus..had a hundred Eyes, two of which sleeping in their Turns, the rest continu'd waking.
1781 W. Cowper Charity 74 To see the oppressor in his turn oppressed.
1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 415 A committee..in which every Hanse Town was in its turn represented, according to a fixed cycle.
1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iv. 62 Germany became in her turn the instructress of the neighbouring tribes.
2008 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Books) 44 An endless cycle whereby one people or society displaces another, only to be displaced in its turn.
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