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单词 the best part of
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the best part of
5. That is the largest or greatest; most. Chiefly in the best part of: almost all of, most of. Cf. better adj. 5.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority
the more partOE
the best part ofOE
(the) more parta1350
(the) most parta1350
(the) most part alla1350
(the) most party1372
for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387
the better part ofa1393
the mo?a1400
most forcea1400
substancea1413
corsec1420
generalty?c1430
the greater partc1430
three quartersc1470
generalityc1485
the most feck1488
corpse1533
most1553
nine-tenths?1556
better half1566
generality?1570
pluralityc1570
body1574
the great body (of)1588
flush1592
three fourths1600
best1601
heap1609
gross1625
lump1709
bulk1711
majority1714
nineteen in twenty1730
balance1747
sweighta1800
heft1816
chief1841
the force1842
thick end1847
OE Homily: Sermo ad Populum Dominicis Diebus (Lamb. 489) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 297 Ungecyndelic fyr cymð færunga on eowre burga and on tunas and forbærnð þone betstan dæl, þe ge big sceoldon libban.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 3801 (MED) Ech noblemon vawe was mid him uor to wende, & þe beste party of france to him al so he drou.
c1450 (?a1400) Duke Rowland & Sir Otuell (1880) l. 180 (MED) And any of ȝow duspers stirre þare, þe beste party schall dy.
c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian l. 919 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 330 Þe best part of þaim ves slane.
1538 J. Husee Let. 10 Feb. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/11/49) f. 63 xx nobles, wherof I thincke he dothe own the best part ffor his rent.
a1567 T. Becon Actes Christe & Antichriste (1577) sig. H.viiv Antichriste..tooke awaie, the beste portion of the Tithes from the true owners.
1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. x. 260 Fiery foam,..which cover'd the best part of it's natural Azure.
1712 Boston News-let. 25 Mar. 2/1 Capt. Hastings and his men..fought him the best part of an hour, before he routed them.
1742 J. Smith Let. 25 Mar. in T. Secker Corr. (1991) 72 I was oblig'd to be in Town the best Part of the Week abt. Business.
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 265 I..rode the best part of the way.
1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xii. 318 The best part of three days.
1909 Secret Service 9 Apr. 28/1 The best portion of the year gone, and we have done the best business of any year yet.
1972 J. Johnston Captains & Kings 8 It was the best part of a mile to the gates of Kill House and the two men were sweating by the time they arrived.
2004 R. Askwith Feet in Clouds xvii.146 He stayed at the top for the best part of a decade.
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