单词 | in the most part |
释义 | > as lemmasfor (also †be, in) the most part (also †deal, †party) b. for (also †be, in) the most part (also †deal, †party): usually, generally, in general, on the whole, in most cases; as regards the greater or greatest part. Also (rare) without the. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part for the more party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 for the more partc1405 for (the) most partc1405 much dealc1425 in substancea1450 for the mostc1531 in (also for) the generality1580 for the general1581 in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591 largely1594 principally1600 in chiefa1616 mainly1640 nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648 greatly1742 as a rule1828 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority the more partOE the best part ofOE (the) more parta1350 (the) most parta1350 (the) most part alla1350 (the) most party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 the better part ofa1393 the mo?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 corsec1420 generalty?c1430 the greater partc1430 three quartersc1470 generalityc1485 the most feck1488 corpse1533 most1553 nine-tenths?1556 better half1566 generality?1570 pluralityc1570 body1574 the great body (of)1588 flush1592 three fourths1600 best1601 heap1609 gross1625 lump1709 bulk1711 majority1714 nineteen in twenty1730 balance1747 sweighta1800 heft1816 chief1841 the force1842 thick end1847 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 219 Now for þe moste deel he fleeþ mannys siȝt. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 196 (MED) Þei holden for the moste partye the..customs & gode maneres as men of the contree aboue-seyd. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 324 (MED) The fals man walkith fro towne to towne, For the moste parte with a thredbare gowne. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. ccccxxvi. 746 Ye lorde of Coucy went to Mortayn..and there refresshed hym and his company; but for the most partye he hymselfe was with the kyng at Turney. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 3289 Be the maist part all was tane and slane. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Gg.ii For moste part these kinde of iniurious persons..are menne wel stricken in yeeres. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 205 The auld fundationis,..and utheris wreittis,..of kirklandis war for the maist pairt distroyed. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Cor. vii. 3) Such faithful friends are in this age all for the most part gone in pilgrimage. 1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 171 The Persians, Turks, Russians, Polonians, and Hungarians, for most part wear Scimiters and Shables. 1715 J. Addison Freeholder No. 20. ⁋8 A House of Commons, which..must consist for the most part of Landed Men. a1760 T. Gifford Hist. Descr. Zetland (1786) vii. 64 The Umboth tythes are for the most part a rental tythe. 1798 Trans. Soc. Promotion Agric., Arts, & Manuf. (U.S.) 3 116 The soil is clay, destitute of stones, and for the most part oak timbered. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. viii. 166 The shops were for the most part closed. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 146 Whatsoever is not sung is properly no Poem, but a piece of Prose cramped into jingling lines,—to the great injury of the grammar, to the great grief of the reader, for most part! 1871 S. Smiles Character viii. 220 Men of the greatest genius have been for the most part cheerful, contented men. 1932 Oxf. Compan. Eng. Lit. 756/1 It [sc. Journal to Stella] is a series of intimate letters..for the most part written in baby language. 1960 New Scientist 10 Mar. 612 Mental hospitals..are places where, for the most part, an enlightened therapeutic programme and an open-door policy prevails. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 May e11 This claim is, ‘in the most part, simply untrue,’ said league president Joseph Benedict at a press conference this week. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Sept. 14/3 I am a white, middle-class, female Angelino who agrees in most part with Cornel West. 2001 Independent 11 Jan. ii. 1/1 An ambulance crew is working, for the most part, alone. in (the) most part (d) chiefly U.S. in (the) most part: = for (the) most part at Phrases 1a(c). ΚΠ 1833 W. G. Simms Bk. my Lady 162 This, indeed, is in most part, the history of American sway in the valley of the Mississippi. 1857 Sat. Courier (Philadelphia) in E. Bennett Border Rover (front matter) His works..are, in most part, taken from events connected with the history of our own country. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 May e11 This claim is, ‘in the most part, simply untrue,’ said league president Joseph Benedict. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Sept. 14/3 I am a white, middle-class, female Angelino who agrees in most part with Cornel West. < as lemmas |
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