英语词汇“it is alms”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. More generally: praiseworthy or meritorious behaviour; an instance of this; a good or kind deed, a favour (in later use frequently ironically). Esp. as it is (also would be, etc.) (an) alms. Cf. mercy n. 5. Now rare (chiefly Scottish in later use).

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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > the doing of good deeds > a good deed

goodeOE

gooddeedOE

goodnessOE

good workOE

almosec1330

benefit1377

goodshipa1393

alms-deed1425

alms?a1439

desert1563

OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 54 La, leof, ic bidde eow þæt ælmyssan þæt ic mote anes þinges axian.

a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 60 (MED) He brovte wowe, þv brovtest ryhyt, þov helmes and he svnne.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 206 It is almesse to correctyn and a-mende The vicious folke.

a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 8158 (MED) Hyt ys grete almes, I dare vndyr-take, A lady to sle a gentyll knyght That lovyth her truly.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxcv. 437 It is a great almesse to confort maydens in their distresse.

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. (1557) 137/1 It had ben great almes the priour, & shee had ben burned togyther.

1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man iv. f. 67^v Pla. Woldest thous refuse hym for thy good father, & accompt hym thyn enmy? Ar. Nay I trowe, than were it almes to hang me.

?1570 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child sig. C.iii It were almes by my trothe, thou were well beaten Bycause so longe thou hast made me tarye.

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 167 If hee be hungry, it is almes to feed him; but if he be idle and vntoward, it is almes to whip him.

1767 E. Lloyd Conversation 40 Were ev'ry Tempest such, it were an Alms To rid the World, of such dull Things, as Calms.

1805 Scotland's Glory 44 Those who leave so good a Kirk, it were but alms to hang them.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xix. 168 The Archbishop of Paris affected to complain to Paget of the eagerness of the people. ‘It were alms to whip them,’ he said.

1972 D. Omand Caithness Bk. 242 Id wid be awms till help 'im.

单词	it is alms
释义	> as lemmas it is (also would be, etc.) (an) alms 2. More generally: praiseworthy or meritorious behaviour; an instance of this; a good or kind deed, a favour (in later use frequently ironically). Esp. as it is (also would be, etc.) (an) alms. Cf. mercy n. 5. Now rare (chiefly Scottish in later use). ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > the doing of good deeds > a good deed goodeOE gooddeedOE goodnessOE good workOE almosec1330 benefit1377 goodshipa1393 alms-deed1425 alms?a1439 desert1563 OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 54 La, leof, ic bidde eow þæt ælmyssan þæt ic mote anes þinges axian. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 60 (MED) He brovte wowe, þv brovtest ryhyt, þov helmes and he svnne. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 206 It is almesse to correctyn and a-mende The vicious folke. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 8158 (MED) Hyt ys grete almes, I dare vndyr-take, A lady to sle a gentyll knyght That lovyth her truly. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxcv. 437 It is a great almesse to confort maydens in their distresse. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. (1557) 137/1 It had ben great almes the priour, & shee had ben burned togyther. 1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man iv. f. 67^v Pla. Woldest thous refuse hym for thy good father, & accompt hym thyn enmy? Ar. Nay I trowe, than were it almes to hang me. ?1570 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child sig. C.iii It were almes by my trothe, thou were well beaten Bycause so longe thou hast made me tarye. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 167 If hee be hungry, it is almes to feed him; but if he be idle and vntoward, it is almes to whip him. 1767 E. Lloyd Conversation 40 Were ev'ry Tempest such, it were an Alms To rid the World, of such dull Things, as Calms. 1805 Scotland's Glory 44 Those who leave so good a Kirk, it were but alms to hang them. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xix. 168 The Archbishop of Paris affected to complain to Paget of the eagerness of the people. ‘It were alms to whip them,’ he said. 1972 D. Omand Caithness Bk. 242 Id wid be awms till help 'im. extracted from almsn. < as lemmas
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