| 单词 | way of life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasway of life d. way of life. extracted from wayn.1int.1 (a) Senses relating to habit. (i) A settled or habitual pattern of behaviour followed by a person or group. Cf. earlier way of living at Phrases 4e. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession workeOE mysteryc1390 facultyc1405 business1477 industrya1500 roomc1500 trade1525 pursuit1529 function1533 calling1539 profession?1552 vocation1553 entertainment1568 station1574 qualitya1586 employment1598 way of lifea1616 state1625 cloth1656 avocation1660 setworka1661 employ1669 estate1685 walk of life?1746 walk1836 the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [noun] lifeeOE lifewayOE livelihoodOE livingc1350 dietc1460 tradec1485 use1488 daily life1516 way of living1516 governmenta1616 way of lifea1616 tread1628 mode1758 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] moursc1250 manners?a1425 way of living1516 fashions1555 way of lifea1616 ways1628 customary1796 moeurs1854 culture1860 mores1898 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 24 My way of life Is falne into the Seare, the yellow Leafe. View more context for this quotation 1652 Let. to Mr. Marriot 6 For your private way of life, you have given it a Geometricall proportion, squaring your mind and fortune with equall lines to a fit subservency of Natures requisites in food and raiment. 1741 Countess of Pomfret in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) III. 369 I have got into as regular a way of life here as I could be in at my own house. 1777 W. Jones Ess. i. 180 Since their way of life gives them leisure to pursue those arts. 1830 W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Tales of my Landlord (new ed.) I. 233 No entreaty could induce him to alter his erratic way of life. 1898 M. Pemberton Phantom Army i. vi That the hour would come when he must lay down the sword..and turn with shame from the old way of life. 1944 C. Isherwood Let. a26 Aug. (2011) I. 366 I don't want to go into the Hindu philosophy..except to say that it offers me personally a solution and a way of life which I desperately needed. 1969 Radio Times 3 Apr. 9/1 Gentlemen of the Road—a study of the Gypsy way of life. 2001 W. Ferguson Happiness (2003) xxxiii. 177 Our entire way of life is built on self-doubts and dissatisfaction. (ii) A condition, activity, or principle that habitually guides or governs one's actions; a dominating interest, occupation, or goal. ΚΠ 1884 Independent (N.Y.) 29 May 4/3 Christ becomes a way of life to men. 1917 H. J. Laski in Holmes-Laski Lett. (1953) I. 104 Education is a way of life and not the collection of information. 1938 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 44 1 (heading) Urbanism as a way of life. 1974 Times 8 Mar. 23/5 (heading) Hong-kong... Where a quick profit is a way of life. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Sept. d10/1 BBQ in K.C...is a way of life. Grilling and chilling is a family affair, a business-deal sealer, an after-church ritual. (iii) Something which is used habitually. ΚΠ 1887 J. Fotheringham Stud. Poetry R. Browning xviii. 377 The poet had an eye to certain ‘revivals’ and ‘mediævalisms’ that were making a vain effort to become a ‘way of life’ to Englishmen. 1970 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 5/2 The investigation..is expected to ask searching questions into the safety of supertankers, which have now become a ‘way of life’. 1976 Gramophone Aug. 353/2 It is in pop recording, however, that multi-track has really mushroomed into a way of life. 1985 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Oct. b13/2 ‘The acceptance of plastic has reached an all-time high,’ John Bennett, senior vice-president of Visa, said. ‘Plastic has become a way of life.’ 2014 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 14 Dec. Chlorine is now a way of life in Sierra Leone—not only for those working with Ebola patients, but at the door of every shop and café, even at road blocks. ΚΠ 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 226 Hee makes himselfe heyre to all that dye, puts the young ones to some way of life, warre, or merchandize; none daring to call his title into question. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 21. ¶8 To place their Sons in a way of Life where an honest Industry cannot but thrive. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. vi. 105 Her mother, she was sure, would never be at rest till he got into some higher way of life. 1823 T. Cosnett Footman's Direct. 2 Such of my readers as may be now candidates for gentlemen's service, must consider, that it is a way of life wholly different from any that they have been accustomed to. 1895 Spectator Lit. Suppl. 7 Dec. 793/1 She found herself..free to choose a way of life for herself..; but she doubted whether she would not be considered too old to begin mission work in India. < as lemmas |
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