单词 | under aegis |
释义 | > as lemmasunder (a person's or thing's) aegis under the aegis of: (originally) under the protection of; (subsequently) under the auspices, control, oversight, etc., of. Also under (a person's or thing's) aegis (sometimes with premodifying noun phrase). Hence outside (also within, etc.) the aegis of (also outside (within, etc.) a person's or thing's) aegis. [Originally after German unter der Aegide (1766 in the passage translated in quot. 1773, or earlier; now unter der Ägide), perhaps in turn after French sous l'égide de (1758 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase] > under the auspices of under the aegis of1773 under the auspices of1790 1773 J. Richardson tr. C. M. Wieland Hist. Agathon I. iv. ii. 205 Under the Ægis [Ger. Aegide] of that indifference with which at that time he usually beheld the finest women. 1802 J. Anderson Recreations in Agric. VI. 34 It was time for us to place ourselves under the ægis of the republic. 1863 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Civil War Amer. I. xviii. 434 The numbers who wish to bring themselves within the ægis of the National flag. 1883 Baily's Mag. May 326 ‘Point to point’ steeplechases and purely local hunt meetings outside the aegis of the G.N.H. rules, are coming into vogue. 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 936/2 Under the aegis of the Billiard Association a tacit understanding was arrived at that the position must be broken up, should it occur. 1958 P. Gammond Duke Ellington i. 18 They make their valuable individual contributions, but under the Ellington aegis they find themselves constantly enriched musically. 1963 B.S.I. News May 14/2 These basic criteria and recognized methods of assessment, drawn up under the aegis of BSI. 1987 D. F. Wallace Broom of Syst. (1993) 31 The person under whose aegis you'd first experienced chocolate, books, swing sets,..pencil games. 1992 Harper's Mag. Jan. 6/1 AA stays aloof from involvement with outside issues and has no formal opinion on matters outside its own aegis. 2006 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 24/6 More than half of the pupils studied were enrolled at schools under the aegis of the Chicago International Charter School. < as lemmas |
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