| 单词 | babel scheme |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBabel scheme Babel scheme n. now rare a project regarded as comparable to the building of the Tower of Babel, esp. in exhibiting arrogance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > product of > visionary scheme Babel1711 Babel scheme1715 pie in the sky1911 1715 S. Asplin Sermon 15 To such a Pitch of Tyrannizing over every Thing, that look'd like Loyalty, and Conscience, and Conformity to the best Church and King in the World, did that execrable Monster Cromwell rear up his Babel Scheme. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer ii. v The traitors rear their babel-schemes. 1864 Gospel Mag. 1 Sept. 419/2 His love our hollow hopes dispels,..And spoils the pride of Babel schemes. 1920 G. M. Price Back to Bible (ed. 3) i. 23 God may allow this long-interrupted Babel scheme to be renewed and let men have their way. < as lemmas |
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