单词 | to this day |
释义 | > as lemmasto this day (b) In singular. Frequently in to this day: up to the present time.See also this day and age at Phrases 6b, back in the day at back adv. Additions, present-day adj. ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 26 Seo tid cymð þænne..ic cyðe eow openlice be minum fæder. On ðam dæge ge biddað on minum naman. OE Bidding Prayer (York) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) 27 10 For Þor[f]erþes saule bidde we Pater noster.., and for ealle þa saula þe fulluht underfengan and on Crist gelyfdan fram Adames dæge to þisum dæge, Pater noster. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2747 Pride ne cuðe bi ðat dai Nogt so michel so it nu mai. a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (BL Add.) (1912) l. 10463 Meliore to þis fayne wolde haue spoke. Her herte for hete was on a smoke, That Claryn liste not better to say Of Partonope at þat day. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 242 Which Men at this day call Cairum. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxx. 9 In that day shall messengers goe foorth from me in shippes. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi. §1 To this day..the Coptites and antient Egyptians call the end of the year νεισι. 1721 J. Perry Glory Christ's Visible Kingdom xviii. 299 Such Love is very rare to be seen in this Day. 1790 R. Adair Mem. 18 His frugality in the expenditure of the public money, though an old-fashioned virtue in the present day, was conspicuous and exemplary. 1825 Republican 22 Apr. 501 Religious impostors, when they come forth in some future day,..will only be considered as madmen, fools or knaves. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 403 To this day Palamon and Arcite..are the delight both of critics and of schoolboys. 1895 H. H. Peerless Diary 4 Aug. in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 25 I view with pleasure the advance that is being made in the present day, towards the opening of picture galleries, museums, etc. 1951 R. Harling Paper Palace (1952) 296 Cobb probably doesn't even know to this day why the Baron was so good to him all those years ago. 2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 34 She was a great housekeeper who had worked for a rich family in the North. They thought a sight of her and keep in touch with her to this very day. < as lemmas |
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