单词 | at present |
释义 | > as lemmasat (the) present a. at (the) present: at the present time, now; (also occasionally) †= at that present at Phrases 3b (obsolete). Formerly also †at this present. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] noweOE nowtheOE nughuOE todayOE nowthenc1225 orc1275 in presentc1330 in this presentc1330 now by dawec1330 of present1340 presentc1385 nowadays?1387 adaysa1393 nowadaya1393 now on daysa1393 presently?a1425 now of daysc1425 now-o'-daysc1450 at (the) presenta1500 at this presenta1500 nowdaysa1500 currently1579 on the presenta1616 actually1663 nowanights1672 naow1824 at this (or the) present speaking1835 again1837 contemporarily1837 nowdays1850 any more1859 hic et nunc1935 at this moment in time1936 the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > then or at that time in presentc1330 at (the) presenta1500 presently?a1518 for that present1548 at that present1563 a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 785 (MED) No more of haste at this present, But blessid be the paciente. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes C iv The ruynes..are to be seen at this present. 1549 J. Henrison Let. 10 Aug. in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1898) I. 177 I would he had seen some of my service, but will not ‘oppen’ it at present. 1577 J. Sharpe Let. 2 Apr. in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1887) I. 142 Thar is mony particularis quhilkis at the present I man leiff to wryit. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. iii. vii. f. 100v Such things as I cannot doe now at this present. 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France ii. 78 All men for the most part believed at the present, that he was poysoned. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 407 The Retreiving of a thing, at present forgot, or but confusely remembred. 1736 B. Franklin On Amplification 17 June in Papers (1960) II. 148 Formerly, and at the present, and forever. 1781 H. Walpole Lett. (1891) VIII. 34 I am at this present very sick of my little vapour of fame. 1799 Mornington in Stanhope Life Pitt III. 192 To make my brother Gerald a fat pluralist: he is at present a meagre singularist. 1837 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 263 I myself am a busy man at this present. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (1879) v. xxxv. 206 At present we are nearest to the sun about Christmas time. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 33 I could have staked my life that..though all was dark at the present,..the explanation of the mystery would show [etc.]. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest iii. 39 Though you seem so dumb at this present..I suspect that you might find a tongue after my departure. 1910 Q. Jrnl. Med. 3 125 To the pathogeny of rat-bite fever I am at present unable to offer any clue. 1940 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 12 Jan. in War Diaries (2001) 30 I cannot believe that the Germans would advance through Belgium at this time of year and with the heavy frost prevailing at present. 1997 WomanScope News Mag. (Baltimore) Aug. 4/4 She promises that no layoffs of any of Patuxent's reporters or staff are planned at the present. < as lemmas |
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