| 单词 | letters after a person's name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletters after (also following) a person's name a. In plural. Initials denoting a university degree, qualification, or similar honour. Chiefly in letters after (also following) a person's name. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > a degree degreec1380 degree of (also in) school (also schools)c1449 greec1449 letters1741 1741 C. Lucas Pharmacomastix 47 Salmon,..being called to account for putting these letters after his name,..declared that he did not mean them for Medicinæ Doctor, but for Medicamentorum Donator. 1815 Analectic Mag. Jan. 43 A worthy set of philosophers, who..are willing to submit to the drudgery of dragging a long string of unwieldy capital letters after their names. 1888 R. Kipling Cupid's Arrows in Plain Tales from Hills 54 It was pleasant to be singled out by a Commissioner with letters after his name. 1904 A. A. Gard Hub & Spokes 7 Wm. Saunders, L.L.D., F.R.S.C., F.L.S., F.C.S...was so delightful that I don't believe that all those many letters following his name would have scared us, even had we known of them at the time. 1976 New Society 17 June 635/3 A young social worker, fresh out of college and with all the right letters after his name may well not be nearly as good as an older, unqualified worker with no such qualifications. 2005 ‘L. Child’ One Shot (2006) 171 It's usually about which of us has a lot of letters after her name. That's what juries respond to. < as lemmas |
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