英语词汇“at a person's cost”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. at (also †of, †upon) a person's cost (also †costs) and variants: at a person's expense; esp. (in later use) to his or her loss or detriment. Cf. Phrases 2b. [Compare Anglo-Norman al cost de (13th cent. or earlier), sur coste de (c1300 or earlier), etc.]

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c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3799 Al þe bachelerie..he nom in is compaynie & of is mayngnage vp is coust.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 23 Yei shule eten to-geder on ye same day, on her owen costes.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 799 [He] Shal haue a Souper at oure aller cost.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (new ed.) sig. dv ^v He was buryed at the dyspencis and costes of the comyn good.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xv. sig. p.vi^v Many shyps were made vpon the kynges cost.

1566 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 48 To drink..of his lordships cost.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xix. 42 Haue we eaten at all of the kings cost?

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wilts. 157 Edward Earl of Hertford obtained him from his Father, and bred him of his own cost.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 121 We feasted at the Enemy's Cost.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 23 At his own cost Laertes made her his.

1814 J. Lyon Hist. Town & Port Dover II. 286 These 32 barons shall come in a suit of clothing of their own cost.

1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore III. xviii. 288 He would have..given himself to an eternity of woe, could he have bought redemption at his cost for her alone.

1912 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Oct. 644 Twelve poor men and women whom she had kept at her manor of Hatfield should be maintained, at her cost, during the remainder of their lives.

1988 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 29 Jan. a6/1 Some Canadian women find abortion easily accessible while others must travel long distances at their own cost.

2001 A. Vincent in M. Freeden Reassessing Polit. Ideol. ix. 132 In assessing nationalism, we ignore this longer-term history at our cost.

单词	at a person's cost
释义	> as lemmas at (also †of, †upon) a person's cost (also †costs) a. at (also †of, †upon) a person's cost (also †costs) and variants: at a person's expense; esp. (in later use) to his or her loss or detriment. Cf. Phrases 2b. [Compare Anglo-Norman al cost de (13th cent. or earlier), sur coste de (c1300 or earlier), etc.] ΚΠ c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3799 Al þe bachelerie..he nom in is compaynie & of is mayngnage vp is coust. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 23 Yei shule eten to-geder on ye same day, on her owen costes. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 799 [He] Shal haue a Souper at oure aller cost. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (new ed.) sig. dv ^v He was buryed at the dyspencis and costes of the comyn good. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xv. sig. p.vi^v Many shyps were made vpon the kynges cost. 1566 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 48 To drink..of his lordships cost. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xix. 42 Haue we eaten at all of the kings cost? View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wilts. 157 Edward Earl of Hertford obtained him from his Father, and bred him of his own cost. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 121 We feasted at the Enemy's Cost. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 23 At his own cost Laertes made her his. 1814 J. Lyon Hist. Town & Port Dover II. 286 These 32 barons shall come in a suit of clothing of their own cost. 1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore III. xviii. 288 He would have..given himself to an eternity of woe, could he have bought redemption at his cost for her alone. 1912 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Oct. 644 Twelve poor men and women whom she had kept at her manor of Hatfield should be maintained, at her cost, during the remainder of their lives. 1988 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 29 Jan. a6/1 Some Canadian women find abortion easily accessible while others must travel long distances at their own cost. 2001 A. Vincent in M. Freeden Reassessing Polit. Ideol. ix. 132 In assessing nationalism, we ignore this longer-term history at our cost. extracted from costn.³ < as lemmas
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