单词 | to carry to extremes |
释义 | > as lemmasto carry (something) to extremes (also to excess, too far, etc.) 22. transitive. To develop, pursue, or extend (a quality, practice, concept, or other immaterial thing) to a particular point or stage. Frequently in to carry (something) to extremes (also to excess, too far, etc.) and variants: to be immoderate or excessive in one's actions, behaviour, opinions, etc.; to take (something) to an extreme point. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > advance (a proceeding) from previous stage [verb (transitive)] > carry to a farther or spec. limit go1577 carrya1631 push1676 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] overdoOE to carry (something) to extremes (also to excess, too far, etc.)a1631 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > extend carrya1631 a1631 J. Donne LXXX Serm. (1640) liv. 535 It is a godly thing to fast uncommanded, but to neglect it being commanded, is an ungodly..perversnesse, sayes the same Father. But then another carries it to a higher expression, Desperationis genus est, tunc manducare, cum abstinere debeas. 1674 T. Tanner Call to Shulamite 13 It is not at all to the prejudice of the Church, but may be rather to her benefit, that certain points be not carried..in extremes. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ¶5 This kind of Good Manners was perhaps carried to an Excess. 1728 T. Sheridan tr. Persius Satyrs (1739) v. 67 The highest, and most generous Notions of Friendship. How high does Cicero carry it in his first Book of Laws. 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 239 Mr. Carlyle has another way. He carries the process a step further. 1896 Monist 6 462 Nietzsche carries his propositions to such extremes that..they become in the end ridiculous. a1927 D. Hammett Dead on Pine St. in Nightmare Town (1999) 211 After a time it stopped being funny. You carried it too far. 1998 T. A. J. McGinn Prostitution, Sexuality, & Law in Anc. Rome ix. 329 It was, of course, a different matter for a gentleman of rank to set foot in a brothel. Such behavior was tolerated of young men, provided the freedom was not carried to excess. < as lemmas |
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