| 单词 | safe harbour |
| 释义 | > as lemmassafe harbour safe harbour n. (a) a place of shelter and safety, esp. for ships; also as a mass noun; frequently figurative; (b) originally and chiefly U.S. a provision in a legal or formal document designed to protect a party who makes a legitimate or excusable violation of its terms; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge havenc1225 infleeinga1300 leinda1300 harbourc1300 reseta1325 harbouryc1325 refutec1350 asylec1384 receipta1393 refugec1405 port salut?1407 recept1423 porta1425 receptaclec1425 place (etc.) of refuge?a1439 retreat1481 port haven1509 stelling-place1513 refugie1515 retraict1550 safe haven1555 havening place1563 sanctuarya1568 safe harbour1569 sheepfold1579 subterfuge1593 arka1616 lopeholt1616 latebra1626 asylum1642 creep-hole1646 harbourage1651 reverticle1656 creeping-hole1665 a port in a (also the) storm1714 receptory1856 padded cell1876 funk-hole1900 1569 B. Googe Shippe of Safegarde sig. C.v A gorgeous Ile, an earthly paradyse,..Doth please the eye, and doth allure the minde Of men that think safe harbour there to finde. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 75 A secure roade and safe harbour for all heauenly merchants to anchor in. 1775 Descr. County Middlesex 47 This place therefore formerly was a safe harbour for the most abandoned and profligate of mankind; where ruffians, thieves, murderers and others, took shelter from the hands of justice. 1850 R. Cobbold Father's Legacy to his Children xviii. 149 Run ye to Him, bow down your soul and pray, And ask for wisdom, and for faith and peace; There in safe harbour ye shall rest in love. 1896 K. Francke Social Forces in German Lit. viii. 362 In the love of Frau von Stein Goethe had found a safe harbour for his affections. 1904 A. N. Whitehead Gaspard de Coligny iv. 72 He clung to Catholicism... It was a safe harbour for an honest, inelastic, and not too dogmatic mind. 1965 Harvard Law Rev. 78 1640 The SEC could promulgate a safe harbor provision.., either absolute or rebuttable upon a clear showing of lack of sophistication. 1992 Manitoba Vac. Planner 10/3 In the 18th century it was a safe harbour and winter haven for Hudson's Bay Co. sloops. 2002 NewsMax.com Oct. 60/2 The Reform Act provides for the so-called safe harbor, which protects companies from being sued when their forecasts go unrequited. < as lemmas |
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