单词 | job-like |
释义 | Job-likeadj.adv. Resembling Job in endurance, patience, etc. Also as adv. ΚΠ 1654 J. N. Proh Tempora 7 Is not this admirable and terrifying their Job-like patience, that men do not Apostles-like, leave all and do what they bid them do. 1661 H. Adis Fannaticks Alarm 17 Then Iob-like they hold their Integrity, to the advancing of Gods Glory. 1789 A. Bayly Alliance Musick, Poetry & Oratory ii. 83 Groaning within himself, and seized, Job-like, with an extasy of grief. 1826 Lancet 15 July 502/2 I had long admired..the Job-like endurance. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 355 Job-like couched on dung and crazed with blains. 1924 Glasgow Herald 11 June His capacity to sit through the dullest debate is Job-like. 1996 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 22/1 He deserves praise for the care, skill, dedication and Job-like patience with which he has pursued his objectives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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