| 单词 | in the quality of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (the) quality of a. Title, description, character, capacity; esp. in in (the) quality of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [phrase] in (the) quality of1600 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26682 Man agh to telle hir qualite, Sib or freind or quat sco be. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlviii. 1236 There could not be found any one who..was willing to goe in quality of lieutenant. a1626 F. Bacon Advice to G. Villiers in Wks. (1861) XIII. 35 The attorney of the dutchy of Lancaster partakes of both qualities, partly of a judge..and partly of an attorney general. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 157 He serv'd his Master, In quality of Poetaster. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 127. ¶1 Such Packets as I receive under the Quality of Spectator. 1736 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. IX. 71 They had a regard to his quality of deputy. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. v. 76 Leicester..rode on her Majesty's right hand..in quality of her host. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 82 To understand that I had come in the professed quality of Consul. 1900 Times 23 Nov. 3/3 In his quality as a Chief of State he had paid his respects to the Chief of the French State. 1964 Eng. Stud. 45 (Suppl.) 244 An arraignment of Walter Pater in his quality as homo aestheticus. in the quality of quality of life: the standard of living, or degree of happiness, comfort, etc., enjoyed by an individual or group in any period or place; an instance of this. †in the quality of (quot. 1794): in the manner of (obsolete).extracted from qualityn.adj.< as lemmas |
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