单词 | to be meant |
释义 | > as lemmasto be meant c. In passive. to be meant: to be predestined by fate, providence, God, etc., to exist or occur. extracted from meanv.1 (a) transitive. With to be. ΚΠ 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xvii. 312 When you saw a thing was not meant to be, said Nancy, it was a bounden duty to leave off so much as wishing for it. 1962 G. Corso Long live Man 60 Every man who has ever lived was meant to be. 1989 M. Beattie Beyond Codependency iv. xiii. 147 ‘If it's meant to be, it'll be.’.. These sayings did not reach the lofty state of clichehood without passing the tests of truth and time. 1997 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 20/3 (advt.) If you'd like to take a chance with me then write and we'll see if it's really meant to be (Inshallah). (b) transitive. Without clause. (Sometimes used more or less adjectivally.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [verb (passive)] > be destined by fate to be meant1897 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous viii, in McClure's Mag. Feb. 354/1 It couldn't have been meant. It was only the tide. 1956 M. Stewart Wildfire at Midnight i. 16 So handy having that address. It's as if it were meant. 1974 I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 239 When I need you, you are here. You must see how meant it all is. 1986 K. Moore Moving House viii. 94 Coincidence, she held, was just chance, not ‘sent’ or ‘meant’. to be meant a. intransitive. To go (towards); to make one's way. to be meant: to be bound for a specified place or direction. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) 784 (MED) Lordynges, whens come ye And whider ye are mente, telle vs this tyde. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 1 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 95 At morne as I ment Throwe myrth markit on mold till a grene meid. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 34 (MED) With shippes xii to Italy had they mente. 1568 W. Stewart in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 265 Furth ouer the mold at morrow as I ment Withowttin feir to tak the helsum air. 1584 King James VI & I Poems (1955) I. 19 So I amongst the paths vpon that hill..Did stay confusde, in doubt what way to mene. < as lemmas |
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