英语词汇“to be at the devotion of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Devoted or attached service; command, disposal. to be at the devotion of, at a person's devotion, etc. [ < French être à la dévotion de quelqu'un, 16th cent. in Littré] , to be entirely devoted to him or her. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > authority to deal with as one pleases

dispositionc1374

devotion1558

dispose1594

disposure1606

disposal1630

1558 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. ii. App. iv. 5 Men known to be sure at the queen's devotion.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1300 Considering the multitude of them which is come to his maiesties devotion.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xix. 79 When they had their whirling gigges vnder the deuotion of their scourges.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 92 He drew all he coulde to the Catholique Kings devotion.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 94 Shipping is readie now, and at your deuotion.

1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 135 Hee stood now before them in bonds, at their mercy and devotion, as they say.

1709 Tatler No. 68 A little of which [wax] he puts upon his Fore-finger, and that holds the Die in the Box at his Devotion.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. i. 64 The eight ecclesiastics..were entirely at the king's devotion.

1794 E. Burke Pref. to Brissot's Addr. Constituents in Wks. (1808) VII. 315 The sans culottes, or rabble..were wholly at the devotion of those incendiaries, and received their daily pay.

1839 Times 13 May in Spirit Metrop. Conservative Press (1840) I. 337 Such channels as were at the devotion of the minister.

单词	to be at the devotion of
释义	> as lemmas to be at the devotion of a. Devoted or attached service; command, disposal. to be at the devotion of, at a person's devotion, etc. [ < French être à la dévotion de quelqu'un, 16th cent. in Littré] , to be entirely devoted to him or her. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > authority to deal with as one pleases dispositionc1374 devotion1558 dispose1594 disposure1606 disposal1630 1558 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. ii. App. iv. 5 Men known to be sure at the queen's devotion. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1300 Considering the multitude of them which is come to his maiesties devotion. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xix. 79 When they had their whirling gigges vnder the deuotion of their scourges. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 92 He drew all he coulde to the Catholique Kings devotion. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 94 Shipping is readie now, and at your deuotion. 1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 135 Hee stood now before them in bonds, at their mercy and devotion, as they say. 1709 Tatler No. 68 A little of which [wax] he puts upon his Fore-finger, and that holds the Die in the Box at his Devotion. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. i. 64 The eight ecclesiastics..were entirely at the king's devotion. 1794 E. Burke Pref. to Brissot's Addr. Constituents in Wks. (1808) VII. 315 The sans culottes, or rabble..were wholly at the devotion of those incendiaries, and received their daily pay. 1839 Times 13 May in Spirit Metrop. Conservative Press (1840) I. 337 Such channels as were at the devotion of the minister. extracted from devotionn. < as lemmas
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