单词 | in the long run |
释义 | > as lemmasin (also †on, †upon) the long run 1. in (also †on, †upon) the long run (formerly and in earliest use also †at (the) long run): in the end, over a long period of time, as the ultimate outcome; at last, at the end. Cf. at (the) long running at long adj.1 and n.1 Phrases 3c(b). ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > in the end or at last umbe longeOE at (the) long runninga1450 at longc1450 at length1525 at the length1525 at (the) long run1607 in the long run1768 in (also on, upon) the long run1814 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [adverb] > in the long run at (the) long runninga1450 at (the) long run1607 at the lengh1612 in the run1654 in the long run1768 in (also on, upon) the long run1814 1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. Pref. sig. ¶¶2 Neither hath our Church lost, by imposing, nor the aduersaries gained at the long runne, by refusing Subscription. 1656 O. Cromwell Speech 17 Sept. They [sc. the discontented] must end at the interest of the Cavalier at the long run. 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 459 At long run he will make his fortune. 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iii. 20 At Langrun Bawsy kare'd his Een. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. xxviii. 205 Prudence and steddiness will always succeed in the long run better than folly and inconsiderateness. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 210 Humphrey is certainly the north-star to which the needle of her affection would have pointed at the long run. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 295 At langrin, wi' waxin and fleechin',..She knit up her thrum to his wab. 1814 Manœuvring ii. i, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 89 That is but a bad way on the long run. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke On Import Colonial Corn 101 Upon the long run, a mean value is received for the average of crops. 1824 J. Bentham Bk. of Fallacies in Wks. (1843) II. 426 To labour at the long-run under an imputation that is not just. 1842 J. W. Carlyle Let. 11 Aug. in Lett. & Memorials (1883) I. 156 Compromises never are found to answer, I think, in the long run. 1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer I. v. 178 To speak freely and openly is no doubt the best rule in the long-run. 1907 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 4 History in the long run is made by the average man. 1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre-tooth xviii. 244 I fancy we'll tangle in the long run, Willie. But not for a while. 2011 Guardian 17 Oct. 28/5 Past a certain level of national income, getting richer does not make a people happier in the long run. < as lemmas |
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