| 单词 | to pass for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pass for (also as) a. intransitive. to pass for (also as): to be taken for or to serve as (usually with the implication of being something else); to be accepted or received as equivalent to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > be equivalent amountc1390 to pass for (also as)1463 to come to one purpose1489 weigh1529 to pass muster1573 parallel1626 tantamount1628 to come to the same1643 coextenda1711 muster1820 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] > be rated or regarded as to pass for (also as)1463 likenc1570 rate1819 1463 in W. Kennedy Ann. Aberdeen (1818) II. 472 [The sum] wes nocht lachful na sufficiande to pas for payment. 1467 Acts Parl. Scotl. II. 88/2 The aulde Inglis grot sall pas for xvi d. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 6441 (MED) Oure foul wille þat was so kene Shal wasshe away and passe for noght. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 54 God made him, and therefore let him passe for a man. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. §17 Had Lucretius been only a Poet, this might have passed for a handsomly described Fable. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶5 I..sometimes pass for a Jew in the Assembly of Stock-Jobbers at Jonathan's. 1752 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. (1756) I. 142 A very Considerable Number of masqueraded Shillings..so well disguised, that they passed among the Company for Guineas. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. ix. vii. 438 You pass for a kind-hearted gentleman. 1884 H. Spencer New Toryism in Man v. State 1 Most of those who now pass as Liberals, are Tories of a new type. 1954 F. O'Connor Let. 13 Feb. in Habit of Being (1980) 68 I have what passes for an education in this day and time, but I am not deceived by it. 2002 Hotdog Feb. 33/2 Even expressions such as ‘bang-tail’ and ‘pinch-pricks’ (Whitechapel prostitutes), could pass as modern street slang back in the 'hood. < as lemmas |
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