单词 | to be the salvation of |
释义 | > as lemmasto be the salvation of 3. A source, cause or means of salvation; a person or thing that saves. Now chiefly in to be the salvation of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > means of salvationc1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 213 My right lady, my sauacyon. c1440 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) 42 Hors in cronyclis, wo-so looke a-riht, Hav be savacion to many a worthi knyht. 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms xxvii. 1 The Lorde is my lyght, and my saluacion. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 15 The talents and even the virtues of her first six French Kings were a curse to her. The follies and vices of the seventh were her salvation. 1878 M. L. Holbrook Hygiene Brain 62 Sleep is the salvation of the nervous system. < as lemmas |
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