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单词 passing measure
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passing measure
3. Beyond or exceeding the limit or range of; passing measure = beyond measure at measure n. 1c.In quots. 1891, 1986, and 1996 with allusion to to pass (all) understanding at pass v. 2.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [preposition] > beyond the limit
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c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 316 (MED) Neiþer þilk power neiþer þilk deede was aboue kinde, passing þe boundis of nature, neiþer of suche now seid feiþ.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 36 (MED) Thanne he dide a maistrie passing his power.
a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 17 (MED) With fauoure in hir face ferr passyng my Reason..of hir sore weepyng this was the enchesone.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Hh.iiiiv Men past feare and hardie passinge measure.
1781 J. Delap Royal Suppliants v. 68 Oh direful change! Passing all thought, all patience!
1812 J. N. Barker Marmion iii. xii. 55 Unnatural, fiend-like, passing every bound of gentle pity.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xv, in Poems (new ed.) II. 67 The slight she-slips of loyal blood, And others, passing praise.
1867 E. H. Plumptre tr. Sophocles Maidens of Trachis in tr. Sophocles Trag. (ed. 2) 263 O my friends, most strange, For you to hear, yea, passing all belief.
1891 E. Arnold Light of World v. 243 Passing all understanding.
1913 L. Binyon Mirror iii, in Auguries 37 Pardon, pity, peace, Passing all mortal wit.
1986 M. Hofmann Acrimony ii. 52 I..read mystical cricket thrillers passing all understanding.
1996 Independent (Nexis) 8 Sept. (Features section) 12 I felt as if I had indeed been in touch with something passing human understanding.
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