| 单词 | well-begun is half done |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell-begun is half done Begun in a positive or promising manner; properly or correctly started. Also in proverb well-begun is half done and variants. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adjective] > that has (been) begun > well well-begun1483 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xxi. 22 He hath..occupyed soo my wyttes with other thynges for to enpechen this wel bygune purpoos. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 38 For accordyng to our englishe prouerbe, a thyng well begoonne, is more then halfe dooen. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 3 Well begun is halfe done. a1679 M. Poole Annot. Holy Bible (1683) I. sig. Hhhh3/1v He might animate and oblige them to proceed in the well-begun Reformation of Religion. 1745 E. Young Consolation 102 And dost Thou chuse what ends, ere well-begun? 1839 C. H. Timperley Dict. Printers 924/2 Upon reading what seemed to him the lame and impotent conclusion of a well-begun story, he did not search about for any glossy periphrase. 1871 Southern Rev. July 698 And now, my friends, let us strike fraternal hands in labor and in love to carry forward the well-begun work of him who has gone forward. 1907 A. Maclaren Acts I. 176 Satan spoils many a well-begun work. 1944 Motor Boating Dec. 3 (advt.) They're waiting and ready to finish the job well begun. 1998 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 3 Sept. a7 Well-begun may be half-done but in the case of Tierra Contenta, the mixed-use housing development on Santa Fe's southwest side this well-begun project must be all done before we can rest easy. < as lemmas |
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