| 单词 | to speak a person far |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak a person far b. figurative with reference to progressive action or condition: To a great length or degree. to go far to (produce a certain effect): to tend greatly. †to speak a person far: to go to great lengths in his praise. he (she, etc.) will go far and variants: he (she, etc.) is likely to be very successful or to achieve great things (in a given field or career). [with he (she, etc.) will go far compare French il ira loin] . ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adverb] > very far advanced overforth?c1225 far1360 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > supremely or excessively crownc1175 overpraisea1387 overhighc1400 bedaub1581 superexalt1610 to speak a person fara1616 allaud1621 rave1621 stellify1628 beatifya1677 bepraise1774 to jump down a person's throat1809 rapturize1822 belauda1849 the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (intransitive)] > lead or conduce to teemc1275 conduct1481 rixlec1540 tend1560 to conduce to1586 shapea1616 to go far to1668 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > tend, lead, or conduce to forwenda1325 tend1560 sway1570 affect1612 to trench on or upon1622 apta1640 predeterminea1667 to go far to1668 to run into ——1753 orient1952 tilt1976 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] stronglyeOE felec950 strongeOE highlyOE highOE greatlya1200 stourlya1225 greata1325 dreec1330 deeplya1400 mightya1400 dreichlyc1400 mighty?a1425 sorec1440 mainlyc1450 greatumly1456 madc1487 profoundly1489 stronglya1492 muchwhata1513 shrewlya1529 heapa1547 vengeance?1548 sorely1562 smartlyc1580 mightly1582 mightily1587 violently1601 intensively1604 almightily1612 violent1629 seriously1643 intensely1646 importunately1660 shrewdly1664 gey1686 sadly1738 plenty1775 vitally1787 substantively1795 badly1813 far1814 heavily1819 serious1825 measurably1834 dearly1843 bally1939 majorly1955 sizzlingly1956 majorly1978 fecking1983 1360–80 J. Wyclif Three Treat. xxii. (1879) 311 Þei shewen ferrere how þei ben disciplis of fals pharisees. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11011 Bot elizabeth was ferrer gane. c1430 Chev. Assigne 311 I kan sey no furre. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors ii. sig. A8 This matter is so farre gone, that there is no remedy. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iiiv Least by presuming to farre, I should loose my selfe. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xc. 278 a Who is so mad..vnlesse he be to farre gone, that standeth not in feare of them? 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 382 Maister Heskins store is farre spent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 24 You speake him farre . View more context for this quotation 1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. 3 Where the subject of any Law is single..prudence..may go far at one Essay to provide a fit law. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋4 There's no carrying a Metaphor too far, when a Lady's Charms are spoke of. 1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a3v Where these two enter far into the Composition of any Work. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 219 To do all they could to hinder him to engage too far. 1814 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) iv. 14 Both..very tipsy..one..so far gone, that she could not walk straight. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 233 This was going too far. 1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 467/2 He will go far, if far can be said of a country where nothing is far, where there is nothing left but the amiabilities of côteries, instead of the male and essential qualities of man. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. x. 351 This high duty..went far to enable the distillers to fix the price of spirits. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. xlvii. 73 The Corinthians had gone too far,..to admit of listening to arbitration. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 44 You are already far gone in your love. 1893 J. M. Cobban Burden of Isabel i. 8 He has a fine head on him, has Alan; he's half Scots and half Lancashire, and he'll go far. 1944 Boys' Life Aug. 11/1 He is a fine soldier, brave, resourceful, and likely to go far. 2004 San Diego Mag. Feb. 35 If she works on honing a killer instinct..she'll go far in the sport, maybe even turn pro at 18. < as lemmas |
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