单词 | within measurable distance of |
释义 | > as lemmaswithin (a) measurable distance of c. within (a) measurable distance of: close to possessing or attaining (a quality, condition, event, etc.). ΚΠ 1846 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 445 No suggestions of genius, no results of thought and study, have ever come within measurable distance of the power which resides in these intimations of the word of God. 1885 Catholic World Sept. 814 What Protestant reader..will take the trouble to find out what these Elizabethan heroes were whose truth and loyalty and religion came within measurable distance of the same virtues in Coligny? 1890 Guardian 19 Nov. 1825/1 Reckless dealing in South American securities brought them..within measurable distance of bankruptcy. 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 742/2 The third ‘shell’, a form within measurable distance of the lowest in the school. 1923 G. Pinchot in Jrnl. Amer. Hist. (1965) 52 578 Governor George Silzer of New Jersey ‘twice came within easily measurable distance of getting the meeting away’ from him. 1965 Speculum 40 413 In 1152 the Londoners appeared in the field, serving in Stephen's operations against Wallingford which came within a measurable distance of success. < as lemmas |
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