| 单词 | reduced circumstances |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreduced circumstances 5. esp. Condition or state as to material welfare, means. Now always plural. in easy circumstances, good circumstances, reduced circumstances, straitened circumstances, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > a person's collective property or substance thingOE chattela1240 cattlec1275 i-wonc1275 moneya1325 tilea1325 statec1330 thrifta1350 substancea1382 chevance1477 graith?a1513 estate1563 wortha1586 thrive1592 fortune1596 store1600 boodle1699 circumstancea1704 the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off well at easec1330 of substance?a1439 at rack and (at) mangera1500 in good case1560 well to live1568 well and warmc1571 well to pass in the worlda1609 inlaid1699 in easy circumstancesa1704 well to do in the world1805 stouth and routh1816 quids in1919 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > circumstances of a person or in life farcostc1275 chesounc1380 condition1607 circumstancea1704 situation1728 a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Wealth in Wks. (1707) I. i. 123 Despicable in Circumstance. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 42 When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. 1816 W. Godwin Caleb Williams (ed. 4) III. xiii. 243 As..circumstances were narrow. 1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel I. iii. 51 Born of noble family..reduced in its circumstances. 1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. i. 7 I am afraid he is in very bad circumstances still. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar v. 41 A country gentleman in good circumstances. < as lemmas |
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