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单词 to see the evil of
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to see the evil of
3. With defining word: that which is evil in some particular case or relation; the evil portion or element of anything. Also quasi-abstract as in to see the evil of (a course of action).
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evilc897
anguishc1330
discomfortc1405
trouble1591
dree1791
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxi. 157 Ðu meaht geseon eall ðæt yfel openlice ðæt ðærinne lutað.
c1400 Solomon's Bk. Wisd. 70 Ȝif he wot any yuel by þe.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cv. 127 So that all thynges consydred, the good and yuell, they yelded them to therle of Derby.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. T6v The euill donne Dyes not, when breath the body first doth leaue.
1611 Bible (King James) John xvii. 15 I pray..that thou shouldest keepe them from the euill . View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 162 All evill..inflicted without intention..is not Punishment.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 163 If then his Providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good. View more context for this quotation
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxix. 35 To inquire what were the sources of..the evil that we suffer.
1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) ii. 34 The evil which is the excess of appetite and passion is not so bad as the evil which corrupts virtue.
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