单词 | ubi |
释义 | ubin. Now rare. 1. Permanent or absolute location or position. Common in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Now chiefly with reference to medieval philosophy. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > fixed or stable footing1567 foothold1577 fixure1603 fixation1614 ubi1614 handhold1643 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 321 Euery spirituall Phisitian must keepe his right vbi. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. i. 7 It is but assigning an Vbi to such a spirit, and he is presently riueted to what place you please: and by multiplying the Vbies [etc.]. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 101 Nor are we solicitous for the Ubi of Vertue, or any other Immaterial accident. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 223 Spirit cannot resist body, as being capable of coexisting in the same ubi with it. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 215 That Bodies..must have an Ubi, a local permanent Situation at last, is certain. 1897 R. S. Foster God 122 Spirits are in space definitely. They have an ubi. They are not everywhere, but only somewhere. 1991 B. C. van Fraassen Quantum Mech. xii. 455 The medieval flirtation with the ubi, the ‘where-ness’, of an individual, as basic spatial property. 2. Present location; whereabouts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] stallc1000 logh11.. settlea1340 placea1375 steada1387 sitea1398 assizec1400 position?a1425 estal1480 stound1557 planting1585 location1592 positure1600 posture1605 seat1607 situs1629 ubi1630 ubiety1645 locus1648 locality1656 topography1658 whereness1674 lie1697 spot1769 locus standi1809 possie1916 ubicity1922 1630 T. Randolph Aristippus 15 Your quando is midnight, your ubi the Dolphin, your situs leaning, your habitus carousing, afterclaps are your post predicaments. 1665 M. Stevenson Poems 159 The Ubi was Cheap-side, you could Divine, Had they been marry'd too, the very sign. 1778 H. Walpole Let. 15 May (1851) I. 370 The ubi of the Toulon squadron is not ascertained. 1900 Speaker 29 Dec. 344/1 The ubi of the show was unfortunately chosen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasUBI UBI n. universal (or unconditional) basic income, financial support provided by a government in the form of standard, recurring payments to individuals without the need for pre-qualification; (also as count noun) a scheme based on this type of financial support, or an income provided by it; frequently as a modifier, as in UBI experiment, UBI programme, UBI proposal, etc. (cf. universal basic income n.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > other state benefits maternity benefit1911 universal basic income1935 constant attendance allowance1945 death grant1946 National Assistance1948 negative income tax1950 assistance1956 supplementary benefit1966 attendance allowance1969 income support1969 mobility allowance1974 UBI1993 1993 Analysis 53 291 A substantial UBI is intended to support the conception of the good life held by the least advantaged member of society. 1996 Manawatu (N.Z.) Standard (Nexis) 18 June Auckland University researchers had worked out that a UBI of $6000 a year..for every adult could be funded by a flat personal tax rate of 48 percent and a company tax rate of 45 percent. 2007 Toronto Star 18 Jan. a8 UBI is not a panacea but it is a necessary ingredient to restore a semblance of democracy. 2021 MailOnline (Nexis) 20 June Critics of UBI programs worry about their effectiveness and cost compared to aid programs that target funds for food, shelter or for help raising children. < n.1614 as lemmas |
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