单词 | to open a window to |
释义 | > as lemmasto open a (also the etc.) window to (also for) P1. to open a (also the etc.) window to (also for): to facilitate the entry or emergence of, give an opportunity or occasion for (something undesirable or harmful); (in later use chiefly) to provide an opportunity for (progress or improvement of some kind). Cf. window of opportunity n. at Phrases 5, to open a door to or for at door n. 3.In early modern English more common than to open a door to, but less common in modern English, with regard to both welcome and unwelcome possibilities. [Compare classical Latin quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris, lit. ‘how great a window you open for wickedness’ (Terence Heauton Timorumenos 481) and also post-classical Latin fenestra aperta (figuratively) opportunity, something which provides an opportunity, lit. ‘open window’ (7th cent. with reference to sin).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > give opportunity for [verb (transitive)] to open a (also the etc.) window to (also for)1534 1534 W. Turner tr. J. von Watt Of Olde God & Newe sig. Givv Whan Pipine..sawe so great a wyndowe opened [L. vidit fenestram..apertam], and so great an occasyon gyuen to hym self, for to inuade the realme. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Countercuffe sig. Di To open such a windowe to the deuill, as they were presently giuen ouer as a pray to the iawes of hell. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 556 Anarchie openeth the windowe to all licentiousnesse. 1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered iii. 41/2 It would open a window for busie wits to deprave the Scripture, and to turn it into any sence. 1700 S. Patrick Comm. Fifth Bk. Moses iv. 62 There was no excess,..nor any defect, which might open the Window to any Vice, or make them careless in the Practice of Vertue. 1779 R. Tickell Opposition Mornings 61 I disliked that part of the minutes which opens a window to coalition. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1870) VI. xxxiii. 391 He had opened a window to false doctrines. 1965 L. B. Johnson in Public Papers Presidents U.S. (1966) 429/1 We tried to open a window to peace, only to be met with tired names and slogans. 2015 H. G. Beger et al. Pancreatic Cancer, Cystic Neoplasms & Endocrine Tumors p. xvii The increasing interaction of basic science, gastroenterology, and surgery has opened the window to understanding many of the basic molecular mechanisms of pancreatic diseases. < as lemmas |
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