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单词 under par
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under par
b. The normal or expected quality, condition, or standard of something, esp. a person's health or sense of well-being. Usually following a preposition (without determiner), as above par, below par, under par, up to par.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] > surpassing the ordinary
surpassingc1580
supraordinarya1623
superordinary1630
extraordinary1649
higher1718
above par1776
extra1850
premium1856
plus1921
double dip1963
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > average
par1776
average1802
mean1803
normal1859
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > less > below normal quantity or degree
under par1776
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > average [phrase] > on average
one with anothera1687
at an average1737
on a par1767
up to par1899
1776 H. Newdigate Let. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) i. 11 As to my Spirits they are rather above than below par.
1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 382 A very small sacrifice of this sort would bring good clover and rye grass to the par of old turf.
a1817 J. Austen Lady Susan xxiv, in Wks. (1954) VI. 288 Sir James is certainly under par.
1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal xlviii I think he caught a chill, and being below par he succumbed.
1899 H. Spencer in Westm. Gaz. 20 May 4/3 Thanks for your inquiry. I am about up to par, and not without hope of rising above it presently.
1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service x. 104 Mrs. Chavender's Pekinese..had woken up that morning a little below par, and Sally was driving her and it to the veterinary surgeon in Lewes.
1958 A. Huxley Brave New World Revisited (1959) viii. 99 Whenever anyone felt depressed or below par, he would swallow a tablet or two of a chemical compound called Soma.
1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 97 Were his clothes not up to par?
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