单词 | thanks to |
释义 | > as lemmasthanks to P2. thanks to: Thanks be given to, or are due to; hence, Owing to, as a result of, in consequence of. (Often ironical.) So no thanks (†thank) to, no credit to, not by virtue or merit of; not because or by reason of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because of or by reason of for (one's, a thing's) sake?c1225 for sake of1340 because1356 for the sake of1393 on (also upon) account of1625 thanks to1631 on the foot of1675 on the ground of1882 1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cxxxviii It is scarce any thanke to mee that hee prevailes. 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 75 It is no thankes to a man to pay that willingly, which hee must doe of necessity. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. iii. 4) No thank to the Pastour, who was a mercenary eye-servant. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) vi. 99 No thanks to any Laws which have been made to that purpose. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 6 But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no Prince or Peer alive. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 214 It is a sight but rarely spied, Thanks to man's wrath and woman's pride. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 3/3 The passengers—thanks, I expect, to the bitter cold—behaved more quietly at night than in the morning. < as lemmas |
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