| 单词 | of great expectation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof great (also such, etc.) expectation P2. of great (also such, etc.) expectation: showing signs of a successful future; promising. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [adverb] of great (also such, etc.) expectation1553 promisinglya1691 hopefully1846 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique f. 40 Your two sonnes,..beynge..of such expectation for their towardnes, that almoste it were not possible for them hereafter to satisfye the hope in their age, whyche all menne presently hadde conceyued of their youthe. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence viii. 246 The woorthiest names, were to bee giuen to such as were of woorthiest expectation. 1788 J. T. Dillon Hist. Reign Peter the Cruel II. vi. 87 Of all the military adventurers..none were more conspicuous or successful than the bastard de Bearne, a young soldier of great expectation. 1821 Ld. Byron Let. 4 Jan. (1831) II. 301 I just see, by the papers of Galignani, that there is a new tragedy of great expectation by Harry Cornwall. 1937 A. T. Bethell Early Settlers Bahamas (rev. ed.) 11 In a voyage of such expectation and importance every circumstance was marked. 2003 B. Rappert Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces iv. 63 (heading) Technologies of great expectation. < as lemmas |
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