单词 | to look back to |
释义 | > as lemmasto look back to 4. intransitive. to look back to: to evoke or draw inspiration from (something in the past); to pay homage to or appropriate elements of (a style, genre, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate ownOE rimec1275 takec1300 appropre1366 to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385 to get awayc1480 proper1496 apprehenda1522 impropry1526 impropriate1567 carve1578 forestall1581 appropriate1583 propriate1587 pocket1597 impatronize1611 propertya1616 asself1632 appropriatea1634 swallow1637 to swallow up1654 sink1699 poucha1774 spheterize1779 sack1807 fob1818 to look back to1822 mop1861 annex1865 1822 D. Stewart Sketches Highlanders Scotl. II. App. p. xc Were it not for these national bodies of men in distinct corps, Scotland must look back to the days of Wallace, Bruce.., and the campaigns of Montrose, for its military character. 1868 R. W. Church Civilization & Relig. 20 In some of its leading and most powerful representatives, [civilization] looks back to paganism. 1943 E. L. Mascall He who Is x. 135 The ‘sophiology’, or teaching concerning the Divine Wisdom.., looks back to the fourteenth-century mystic of Mount Athos, St Gregory Palamas. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Oct. 4 Virgil looks back to Homer and thereby constructs a new poem, one that frequently means more than any mere imitation could invoke, out of an acknowledged predecession. 2013 Daily Tel. 28 June 35/3 No surprise that..the New Look that made his [sc. Christian Dior's] name, with its cinched waists and long, full romantic skirts, looks back to the Belle Epoque. < as lemmas |
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