| 单词 | to hand down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hand down to hand down 1. transitive. To pass on (esp. knowledge, a tradition, property, or an item of clothing) to a later generation or age. Cf. to hand on at Phrasal verbs, hand-me-down adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit > pass on transfude?a1475 derivea1530 transmit1629 derivate1643 to hand down1651 to hand on1685 to pass on1791 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance traduce1568 convey1592 bequeath1614 transmit1629 deduce1633 to hand down1722 to pass down1854 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs (new ed.) 125 All along it hath been handed down to posterity, and reckoned among the rapsodies of medicines. 1692 In Praise of Epictetus in E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion sig. A3 Every word..Your hearers have receiv'd as from an Oracle, And handed down to us. 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets i. 4 A good Estate..handed down frae Sire to Son, But Clag or Claim, for Ages past. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 48 The institutions of policy, the goods of fortune, the gifts of Providence, are handed down, to us. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiv. 269 In our own family, in particular, are secrets which have been handed down since the days of Solomon. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 18 The traditionary college misdemeanours handed down from generation to generation of undergraduates. 1947 K. S. Walker Brief for Ballet p. xviii Choreography, the evanescent art, has been handed down with insufficient notes from one dancer to another. 2004 Los Angeles Feb. 110/3 Many brides want to carry on family legacies by wearing a dress handed down by their grandmothers. 2. transitive. To announce formally; to give (an official decision or order); esp. to pass (judgment) on a person, to impose (a sentence). ΚΠ 1823 J. A. Paris & J. S. M. Fonblanque Med. Jurispr. I. ii. 174 Alberti has handed down a decision of the faculty of Halle on this subject. 1878 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 21 Dec. 651/1 Judge Daniels handed down a decision in the case of the United States Rollings Stock Company vs. John H. Devereux. 1890 Harper's Mag. Jan. 313 The literary judgments which are handed down in the neighboring tribunal, the Study, are so sound and thoughtful and humane, [etc.]. 1918 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. 15 Mar. 16/1 The Supreme Court..handed down a ruling denying him a new trial. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Feb. 1/1 The Department of Labor..would be empowered to hand down decisions ‘which will stick and not be vetoed by any other Federal agency’. 1970 Morning Star 17 Feb. The American Civil Liberties Union has condemned sentences for contempt handed down by Judge Julius Hoffman. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 33/1 A beadily ambitious functionary who would carry out all orders handed down to him, no matter how cruel. < as lemmas |
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