| 单词 | to go into society |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go into society d. to go into society: (of a person) to go and mix in society (as opposed to remaining in one's own home or domestic circle); to appear regularly at private or public entertainments, parties, etc. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > [verb (intransitive)] > participate in social events show1631 racket1650 to go into society1788 to get around1798 socialize1841 butterfly1855 circulate1856 1788 Convivial Songster p. i If we go into society, it is our duty to be comfortable and good-humoured. 1799 H. More Strictures Mod. Syst. Female Educ. II. xiv. 90 True good nature is the soul, of which politeness is only the garb. It is not that artificial quality which is taken up by many when they go into society, in order to charm those whom it is not their particular business to please. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) ii. v. 360 She had become the victim of an insatiate mania for what she called ‘going into society’. 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery II. iii. 34 I don't go into society much. 1939 W. L. Phelps Autobiogr. with Lett. 268 He was a recluse; he..never went into society, and stayed up nearly all night with his books. 1994 L. Gordon Charlotte Brontë (1995) vi. 165 She knew that to go into society would unsettle the central action of her life, which was to stay at home and write. < as lemmas |
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