| 单词 | through a glass darkly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrough (or in) a glass darkly through (or in) a glass darkly: from an obscured, distorted, or incomplete perspective. Frequently in to see through a glass darkly: to perceive the true nature of God, existence, etc., imperfectly or indistinctly. Chiefly with allusion to 1 Corinthians 13:12 (see quot. 1560). ΚΠ 1560 Bible (Geneva) 1 Cor. xiii. 12 For now we se through a glasse darkely: but then shal we se face to face. 1593 W. Perkins Two Treat. ii. 79 And men inlightened & regenerate in this life do but see as in a glasse darkly. 1656 J. Owen Of Mortification of Sinne 158 We see through a glasse darkely... It is not a Telescope that helps us to see things afar of. 1760 R. Wetherald Perpetual Calculator ii. i. 68 Let us praise him..for the wonders he has shewn us, although but through a glass darkly. 1838 Knickerbocker Mar. 207 The almanac..foretold, although ‘as in a glass darkly’, the phenomena of the weather. 1920 Harper's Mag. Feb. 384/1 The chemical nature of these odiferous bodies is beginning to show itself—but as through a glass, darkly. 2009 Independent 19 Sept. 15/2 One thing is certain: we see through a glass darkly when it comes to time. < as lemmas |
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