单词 | in the eyes of the world |
释义 | > as lemmasin the eyes of the world (i) in the eye(s) of: in the opinion, estimation, or judgement of (a person, group, etc.); formerly also with †on, †to. Similarly in the eyes of the world.in the public eye: see public adj. and n. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xxi. 42 A domino factum est istud et est mirabile in oculis nostris : from drihtnen was ðis & is wundurlic in egum usum [OE Rushw. in egum urum, OE Corpus Cambr. on urum eagum]. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. v. 47 Þonne hi [sc. þa eadmodan] geseoð hi sylfe yfellice on þara manna eagum, hi þæs þonne gefeoð, forþon þe hi witon, þæt hi wile God geseon, þeah hi men forseon. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xviii. l. 71 The stones weren so preciowse to his eye. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) Prol. 3 The psalmes..kyndils thaire willes..makand thaim..faire and lufly in cristi eghen. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes Pref. sig. a.ijv A Ciuill warre..: a thyng..pernicious to the parties, and no lesse straunge in the iyes of reasonable men. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 112 Some offence, That seemes disgracious in the Citties eies. View more context for this quotation 1645 E. Udall Serm. 37 in J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy To his sad disconsolate wife, mourning too too much, in his eye [etc.]. 1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 206 The King..became more considerable in the eyes of the World, then any of his predecessors. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 128 No other marriage of his shall ever be legal in my eye. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xix. 185 He was a man of mark in the eyes of my family. 1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 212 This patricide policy will appear unpardonable in the eyes of future generations. 1944 J. Mockford Here are South Africans 93 In the eyes of Paul Kruger..these gold grabbers were uitlanders, outlanders, foreigners. 2007 Independent 28 Feb. 17/1 The North Face of the Eiger ranks alongside Mt Everest as one of the two big ticks in mountaineering, at least in the eyes of the public. < as lemmas |
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