| 单词 | in the case of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the case of b. With of or possessive. The situation affecting or relating to a particular person or thing; one's position or circumstances. Frequently in in the case of: as regards (a specified person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > state of affairs or situation thingeOE stallc1000 estrec1300 farea1325 arrayc1386 casea1393 costa1400 state of thingsa1500 style?a1505 predicament1586 facta1617 posture1620 picture1661 situation1750 position1829 lie1850 posish1859 state of play1916 the form1934 score1938 sitch1954 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > in any case, at all > in a particular case at this (also that) rate1752 case1849 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1229 Delicacie in loves cas Withoute reson is and was. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 553 A Squyer That knew his pryuetee and al his cas. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 3280 (MED) He..told hym al the cas Of þis vnhappy, wooful aventure. 1593 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia 89 Well do I find each man most wise in his own case. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 282 He holds Belzebub at the staues end as well as a man in his case may do. View more context for this quotation 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Earl of Rochester 30 I hope those that..were engaged with him..consider without prejudice or passion what sense this noble Lord had of their case, when he came at last seriously to reflect upon his own. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 108. ¶7 Will. Wimble's is the Case of many a younger Brother of a great Family. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. x. 57 Engagements, where the minds are unpaired—dis-paired, in my case may I say. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 178 He regarded the case of the Church of Rome as an exception to all ordinary rules. 1876 H. Sweet Anglo-Saxon Reader p. xvii As a general rule the root-syllable has the accent... In the case of prefixes there is considerable irregularity. 1929 A. W. Pinero in Eighteen-Seventies 133 The difficulties of great men are intensified in the case of little ones. 1983 R. Scruton Aesthetic Imagination i. 9 I cannot acquire insight into the essence of my mental states from the investigation of my own case alone. 1991 Lang. in Society 20 579 The constellation of ambiguity, social class, and reading may have to be reconfigured in the case of Japan. < as lemmas |
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