| 单词 | moreover | 
| 释义 | moreoveradv.prep. A. adv.  a.  For more time, longer. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1325						 (c1250)						    Gen. & Exod. 		(1968)	 l. 3119  				Nu ic rede ðat ge flen, For se ic gu more-ouer nu, Dead sal me wreken ouer gu.  b.  In addition, besides. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1382    Bible 		(Wycliffite, E.V.)	 		(Bodl. 959)	 		(1961)	 Deut. v. 22  				Þese wordys þe lord spak..no þyng addynge more ouer. 1517    Domesday Inclos. 		(1897)	 I. 260  				Thei say that [etc.]..thei say that [etc.]..And moreouer thei have nothing to say.  2.   a.  At the beginning of a clause, or parenthetically within one, indicating that it contains matter additional to what has already been stated (often preceded by and, sometimes by but): besides, furthermore; what is more. Cf. mairatour adv.Regarded by  N.E.D. (1908) as ‘Now only literary and slightly arch.’ By the early 20th cent. this usage does not appear to have been generally restricted in this way, but it has continued to be unusual in speech (where ‘besides’ is usual) and characteristic of formal discourse. ΚΠ c1384    Bible 		(Wycliffite, E.V.)	 		(Douce 369(2))	 		(1850)	 Deeds xxi. 28  				This is the man that aȝens peple and lawe..techinge euery where alle men, more ouer and [L. insuper et] hath ledd yn hethen men into the temple. c1400						 (?a1387)						    W. Langland Piers Plowman 		(Huntington HM 137)	 		(1873)	 C.  vi. 53  				And al-so, more-ouer, me þynkeþ..Men sholde constreyne no clerke to knauene werkes. c1475    Advice to Lovers in  J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate 		(1840)	 37  				He..askid hir if she myht feithfullie Luf him of herte, and, morover, fynallye Become his wife. 1509    J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde 		(de Worde)	 sig. Av  				And more ouer to thentente all her werkes myght be more acceptable [etc.]. 1552    Abp. J. Hamilton Catech.  i. viii. f. 22  				Mairouir yow sa doand, condemnis thi awin saule to panis eternal. a1614    J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary 		(1842)	 29  				Mairower, in these yeirs I lerned my music. 1654    J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 16  				Some were excluded..Only from the use of the Sacraments; others moreover..both from Sacraments and Prayers. a1731    D. Defoe New Voy. round World 		(1787)	 III. 56  				And he moreover told me that it was next to a miracle they could keep possession of the place. 1808    J. Mayne Siller Gun 		(new ed.)	  ii. 36  				And miss'd, mairowr, th' endearing charms... Of auld acquaintances in swarms. 1849    T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 177  				He was, moreover, partial to the Roman Catholic religion. 1884    Manch. Examiner 12 Sept. 5/1  				A tax..which, moreover, is considerably reduced in its yield by the cost of collection. 1928    F. E. Baily Golden Vanity xv  				Secretaryships to magnates are so precarious. Moreover, if French crashed, who would give his ex-secretary a job? 1955    S. H. Adams Grandfather Stories 119  				Moreover, I was naturally of an affording and officious nature, and it was a signal honor to be selected for a post of responsibility and hazard. 1986    M. Foot Loyalists & Loners 58  				Moreover, the means by which this end is achieved are themselves remarkable.  b.   moreover than this and variants (in same sense and construction as sense  A. 2a). In later use Scottish and English regional (northern). ΚΠ 1569    J. Sanford tr.  H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. liv. f. 71v  				More ouer then this, if there be any Philosophie or Doctrine of manners [etc.]. 1795    A. Hughes Jemima I. 162  				But moreover than all that, he is painted up to the eyes and perfumed. 1828    W. Carr Dial. Craven 		(ed. 2)	 II. Dialogues 337  				Maarover ner that. 1877    T. Clarke  et al.  Specimens Dial. Westmorland 		(new ed.)	  i. 29  				Meearower ner that a telt ye summat. a1886    D. Grant Sc. Stories 		(1888)	 22  				Mairowre an' aboon that, the writer had promised the woman in her last ioors to inform Sergeant-Major Benson o' a' the circumstances o'the case. 1903    I. Wilkinson in  Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 161/2  				[N. Yorkshire] He was expensive. Mairower than than, he gat beggared. ΚΠ c1385    G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2801  				And yet mooreouer, for in his armes two The vital strengthe is lost and al ago. c1390    G. Chaucer Melibeus 2571  				And yet more ouer, of thilke word that Tullius clepeth..Thow shalt considere if [etc.]. ?a1425						 (c1380)						    G. Chaucer tr.  Boethius De Consol. Philos.  ii. pr. iv. 169  				And yit more over what man that [etc.]. c1450    J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 		(Arun. 396)	 		(1893)	  iv. 1210 (MED)  				And ȝet moreouere, thei shul haue noo powere. 1526    Pylgrimage of Perfection 		(de Worde)	 f. 13v  				And yet more ouer he hath not lefte vs as chyldren confortlesse. 1616    in  R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. 		(1833)	 III. 393  				And ȝit mairouer, becaus thair is particularelie deidlie feid [etc.].   In addition to, besides. With clause as object: besides the fact that. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1393    J. Gower Confessio Amantis 		(Fairf.)	  v. 6395  				And if I schal more over this Declare what this vertu is [etc.]. 1604    W. Shakespeare Hamlet  ii. ii. 2  				Moreouer, that we much did long to see you, The need we haue to vse you did prouoke Our hastie  sending.       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