英语词汇“at discretion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. at (also †on, †to, †upon) discretion.

(a) At one's pleasure or will; as one thinks proper; as one chooses or pleases.

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1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 83/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I How necessarie it is, not onely for the gouernour, but also for euery Noble man in Irelande to hamper his vnciuil neighbours at discretion.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 525 Their office is to place and displace Church-men at discretion.

1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon vi. 231 Power to administer an Oath,..is a necessary qualification of a Judg, yet he may administer an Oath upon discretion.

1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mechanicall: 1st Pt. xli. 145 We could..continue the Experiment at discretion.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 218 One Vessel of Beer..free for any body to go to, and Drink at Discretion.

1763 London Mag. Feb. 64/1 Take..three quarters, or the whole dose; and repeat it, every other night, at discretion.

1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. xviii. 4 The great number of venetian windows admitting at discretion as much light and air as may be agreeable to the occupants.

1871 J. Edkins China's Place in Philol. xii. 297 A concatenation of clauses..which might commence at discretion with conjunctions or the relative pronoun.

1930 Musical Q. 16 111 We must note a phenomenon whence deductions may be drawn at discretion:—namely, that Paganini's cerebellum is enormous.

2002 J. Getzler in P. Birks & A. Pretto Breach of Trust ii. 68 A type of gift economy..where friends and families performed managerial services for each other at discretion.

(b) In military contexts: (so as to be) wholly at an adversary's mercy; unconditionally. Now rare.

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1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 336 They encamped before Librafrata, which beeing manned with a very slender garrison, was within few dayes constrained to yeelde to discression.

1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre ii. 120 Conceiuing that they might haue gotten the Citie to discretion.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xxi. 217 General Wranghel..took..Paderborne at discretion.

1684 London Gaz. No. 1953/3 They write from Duseldorp..that Buda was Surrendred on discretion.

1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 273 The garison surrendring upon discretion.

1708 W. Darrell Suppl. to 1st Pt. Gentleman Instructed 111 If she stays to receive the attack, she is in danger of being at discretion.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage iv. 83 The inhabitants surrendered at discretion, but they had to undergo all the horrors of a place taken by storm.

1936 Boys' Life May 17/2 But if you fail you—will surrender yourself and your men—at discretion?

单词	at discretion
释义	> as lemmas at (also †on, †to, †upon) discretion b. at (also †on, †to, †upon) discretion. (a) At one's pleasure or will; as one thinks proper; as one chooses or pleases. ΚΠ 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 83/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I How necessarie it is, not onely for the gouernour, but also for euery Noble man in Irelande to hamper his vnciuil neighbours at discretion. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 525 Their office is to place and displace Church-men at discretion. 1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon vi. 231 Power to administer an Oath,..is a necessary qualification of a Judg, yet he may administer an Oath upon discretion. 1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mechanicall: 1st Pt. xli. 145 We could..continue the Experiment at discretion. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 218 One Vessel of Beer..free for any body to go to, and Drink at Discretion. 1763 London Mag. Feb. 64/1 Take..three quarters, or the whole dose; and repeat it, every other night, at discretion. 1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. xviii. 4 The great number of venetian windows admitting at discretion as much light and air as may be agreeable to the occupants. 1871 J. Edkins China's Place in Philol. xii. 297 A concatenation of clauses..which might commence at discretion with conjunctions or the relative pronoun. 1930 Musical Q. 16 111 We must note a phenomenon whence deductions may be drawn at discretion:—namely, that Paganini's cerebellum is enormous. 2002 J. Getzler in P. Birks & A. Pretto Breach of Trust ii. 68 A type of gift economy..where friends and families performed managerial services for each other at discretion. (b) In military contexts: (so as to be) wholly at an adversary's mercy; unconditionally. Now rare. ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 336 They encamped before Librafrata, which beeing manned with a very slender garrison, was within few dayes constrained to yeelde to discression. 1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre ii. 120 Conceiuing that they might haue gotten the Citie to discretion. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xxi. 217 General Wranghel..took..Paderborne at discretion. 1684 London Gaz. No. 1953/3 They write from Duseldorp..that Buda was Surrendred on discretion. 1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 273 The garison surrendring upon discretion. 1708 W. Darrell Suppl. to 1st Pt. Gentleman Instructed 111 If she stays to receive the attack, she is in danger of being at discretion. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage iv. 83 The inhabitants surrendered at discretion, but they had to undergo all the horrors of a place taken by storm. 1936 Boys' Life May 17/2 But if you fail you—will surrender yourself and your men—at discretion? extracted from discretionn. < as lemmas
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