| 单词 | to that sense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto that sense b. The general or overall meaning of written or spoken words; the gist, tenor, or essence of a book, letter, conversation, etc. Formerly in †to that sense: to that effect (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adverb] formally1526 in the same sense1534 to that sense1594 explicitly1605 evolvedlya1641 on (also upon, from) the face of1719 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Fv What euer the wordes were, the sense was this, Good drinke is a medicine for all diseases. 1653 J. Ash in Humble Remonstr. J. Stawell 26 I do not remember the very words contained in the said paper..; yet I do remember that the sense and substance of both was to this effect. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1673 (1955) IV. 22 Where he read..that he should not long Enjoy it, but should Die, or expressions to that sense. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 177. 2 I cannot recollect the Words, but the Sense of it is to this purpose. What I spent I lost. What I possessed is left to others. What I gave away remains with me. 1772 W. Jones Ess. Poetry Eastern Nations in Poems 177 This is the general sense of his remark. 1827 Oriental Herald Aug. 290 Rossetti gives us what he calls the skeleton of the first canto of the Inferno, in which we have the sense of it, divested of every allegorical veil. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. iv. 9 Of this epistle Mano made the sense Ampler by various tidings that he brought. 1933 Pop. Sci. July 6/1 I went every day, making out the sense of what was said from the action of the play. 1967 A. L. Rowse Diary 11 Oct. (2003) 396 Clem ran through paperwork like a paper-knife, with fewest possible words, excellent at summing up the sense of a meeting. 2014 J. Golden Secrets in Vines 130 Mihai still didn't understand a word, but somehow got the sense of the conversation. < as lemmas |
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