| 单词 | to be to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (something) to b. Used esp. after be, become, seem, appear, mean, to indicate the recipient of an impression, the holder of a view or opinion; to be (something) to, to be (something) in the eyes, view, apprehension, or opinion of; also, to be of importance or concern to: what is that to you? What does that matter to you? How does that concern you? What have you to do with that? ΚΠ 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 32 As hit semeþ to vre siht. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 148 To these men Luther is a papist, and Caluin is the right..prophet. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 191 It seemes to me, That yet we sleepe, we dreame. View more context for this quotation 1798 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell i. xii A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady Clara Vere de Vere in Poems (new ed.) I. 158 Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxxiii. 448 Men do not see them [angels]..but they appear to men. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans (1891) I. i. ii. 46 Faith has one meaning to a Catholic, another to a Protestant. 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry xi Scarcely big enough for a hunter to my fancy. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert ix. 86 It seems to me..that looking into holes is a monotonous occupation. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert vii. 63 It seemed to Jim as though the hour would never arrive at which the steamer was timed to get under way. 1912 N.E.D. at To Mod. To me it is simply absurd. < as lemmas |
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