| 单词 | unto oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunto oneself [After a law unto himself at law n.1 16a.] unto oneself: all by oneself, without the assistance or presence of any other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adverb] > acting alone apartc1400 merelyc1487 singly1609 unto oneself1643 on one's own hook1812 single-handedly1882 on one's own1895 single-o1948 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. 117 Every devill is an hell unto himselfe: hee..needs not the misery of circumference to afflict him. View more context for this quotation a1930 D. H. Lawrence Compl. Poems (1964) II. 951 Under it all, underneath Is rock And each man a rock unto himself. 1951 H. Zimmer Philos. India 509 ‘The Big Ferryboat’.., the ferry in which all may ride, in contrast to ‘The Little Ferryboat’.., the way of those lonely ones, ‘lights unto themselves’. 1983 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Name of Rose 226 ‘But whose side was Dolcino on?’ ‘I do not know; he was a faction unto himself.’ < as lemmas |
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