单词 | it is a question of |
释义 | > as lemmasit is a question of b. With of. A matter or concern depending on or involving a specified condition or thing. Now frequently in it is a question of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > specific kind of questionc1384 matter?1489 a matter of1566 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xviii. 15 If questiouns ben of the word and names of ȝoure lawe. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. iv. 2 This is..the olde questioun of the purveaunce of God. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xviii. 15 Yf it be a question off wordes or off names or of youre lawe. 1580 in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 63 Concerning the question of..ordour in the kirk, ar your bischops and ye accordit? 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. iii. 6 in Wks. II To brooke the noise made, in a question of Predestination, by the good labourers and painefull eaters. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 127 You shall not again tempt me to anticipate the question of effectual Grace. 1701 S. Hill Rights, Liberties, & Authorities Christian Church vi. 116 This I think is all that is pertinent in the Doctor, to the Question of Regal Rights and Authorities in the Acts and Offices of Synodical Session, and Presidence. 1789 T. Jefferson Let. 6 Sept. in Papers (1958) XV. 396 It renders the question of reimbursement a question of generosity and not of right. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 25 The question of Houses I leave to the jury. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 382 The recovery of transgressors is not a question of mere power. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 251 It was a question of time. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love vi. 69 It's more a question of hardships than of terrors. 1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness xxxi. 228 It was now only a question of time; she would recover. 2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 21 Oct. ii. 2/4 I don't believe in making the choice to adopt out children a question of character. < as lemmas |
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