英语词汇“the ——, the”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. In the correlative construction the ——, the ——, denoting proportional dependence between the notions expressed by two clauses which each contain a comparative: as much (more ——), so much (more ——). Cf. thy adv. 2a. See also ever adv. 3b(a).The subordinate clause expressing the circumstances usually comes first followed by the clause expressing the consequence, e.g. The more one has, the more one wants, but the order may be reversed, as One wants the more, the more one has; and in either order the comparative in the subordinate clause is sometimes followed by that, e.g. the more that one has.the more the merrier: see merry adj. Phrases 2b.

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c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7547 Þe more þat a mon can, þe more wurþe he is.

c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 163 Þe more we trace þe Trinite, Þe more we falle in fantasye.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 14 Ay þe elder it es, þe whittere it waxes.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 1 Yitt þai er ay þe langer þe wers.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii The yonger and the grener that the grasse is the softer and the sweter it wyl be.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 404 Though the cammomill, the more it is troden on, the faster it growes: so youth the more it is wasted, the sooner it weares.

1647 Moderate Intelligencer No. 107. 986 The lesser the difference, the greater the antypothie.

1690 T. Saunders in Hist. MSS Comm.: 11th Rep. App. Pt. VII: MSS Duke of Leeds &c. (1888) 111 in Parl. Papers (C. 5612) LXXII. 1 As to our sea affairs..the lesse I say the better.

1704 Dict. Rusticum at Waggon Therefore the lesser the wheel is, the heavier and more unevenly and jogging they go.

1771 in J. Watson Jedburgh Abbey (1894) 98 The bells must be removed, and the sooner the better.

?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 208 The smaller a lens is, and the more its convexity, the nearer is its focus, and the more its magnifying power.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! iv The less said the sooner mended.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 26 The higher the windows are from the ground the better.

1954 F. L. Wright Nat. House ii. 178 The further north you go, the more bleached the hair and the whiter the skin.

2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 201 The sooner he finds out the truth, the better.

单词	the ——, the
释义	> as lemmas the ——, the —— c. In the correlative construction the ——, the ——, denoting proportional dependence between the notions expressed by two clauses which each contain a comparative: as much (more ——), so much (more ——). Cf. thy adv. 2a. See also ever adv. 3b(a).The subordinate clause expressing the circumstances usually comes first followed by the clause expressing the consequence, e.g. The more one has, the more one wants, but the order may be reversed, as One wants the more, the more one has; and in either order the comparative in the subordinate clause is sometimes followed by that, e.g. the more that one has.the more the merrier: see merry adj. Phrases 2b. ΚΠ c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7547 Þe more þat a mon can, þe more wurþe he is. c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 163 Þe more we trace þe Trinite, Þe more we falle in fantasye. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 14 Ay þe elder it es, þe whittere it waxes. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 1 Yitt þai er ay þe langer þe wers. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiiii The yonger and the grener that the grasse is the softer and the sweter it wyl be. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 404 Though the cammomill, the more it is troden on, the faster it growes: so youth the more it is wasted, the sooner it weares. View more context for this quotation 1647 Moderate Intelligencer No. 107. 986 The lesser the difference, the greater the antypothie. 1690 T. Saunders in Hist. MSS Comm.: 11th Rep. App. Pt. VII: MSS Duke of Leeds &c. (1888) 111 in Parl. Papers (C. 5612) LXXII. 1 As to our sea affairs..the lesse I say the better. 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Waggon Therefore the lesser the wheel is, the heavier and more unevenly and jogging they go. 1771 in J. Watson Jedburgh Abbey (1894) 98 The bells must be removed, and the sooner the better. ?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 208 The smaller a lens is, and the more its convexity, the nearer is its focus, and the more its magnifying power. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! iv The less said the sooner mended. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 26 The higher the windows are from the ground the better. 1954 F. L. Wright Nat. House ii. 178 The further north you go, the more bleached the hair and the whiter the skin. 2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 201 The sooner he finds out the truth, the better. extracted from theadv. < as lemmas
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