| 单词 | the social evil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe social evil 4. gen. Anything that causes harm or mischief, physical or moral. the social evil: prostitution. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > thing thornc1230 plaguea1382 foea1393 evila1400 flaw1481 detriment?1504 tooth1546 fang1555 decay1563 bane1577 dagger1600 scourge1603 cursea1616 blighter1821 bacillus1883 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8108 Þir wandes thre wit-in þe rote Gains iuels all þai bar al bote. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 277 & þenne euelez on erþe ernestly grewen. c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 3696 Of twa euels gif ȝe nede þe tane To chese. c1500 Melusine (1895) 237 Of two euylles men ought to choose the lasse. 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. E.viiv A lytle euyl, a great good. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 76 Among other euils, they [sc. hop gardens] wyl be ful of wormes. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxii. 3 A prudent man foreseeth the euill, and hideth himselfe. View more context for this quotation 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 94 We being admonisht by the vulgar proverb, To choose the least of Evils. 1793 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 135 There are evils to which the calamities of war are blessings. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 305 Correcting an evil which disturbed the internal tranquillity of Sparta. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 136 One of the chief evils which afflicted Ireland. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 12 A real evil to be combated. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 75 We can afford to forgive as well as pity the evil which can be cured. < as lemmas |
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