单词 | to conduce to |
释义 | > as lemmasto conduce to a. to conduce to: to lead or tend towards (a result); to aid in bringing about, contribute to, make for, further, promote, subserve. (The current sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (intransitive)] > lead or conduce to teemc1275 conduct1481 rixlec1540 tend1560 to conduce to1586 shapea1616 to go far to1668 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)] > be conducive or tend to an end pretend1402 stretchc1412 conduct1481 to conduce to1586 terminate1587 shapea1616 determine1651 minister1696 tend1936 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] > tend to further to make to ——1528 to make with ——1559 to conduce to1586 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. P7 Much..may the euill example of some lewdly giuen, conduce heereunto. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 167 The reasons you alleadge, do more conduce To the hot passion of distempred blood, Then to make vp a free determination. View more context for this quotation 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. vi. 58 How circumstances conduce severally to the production of Effects. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 20 The well-working and bonding of Brick-walls conduces very much to their strength. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 65 In all the virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed. < as lemmas |
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