单词 | by the reason that |
释义 | > as lemmasby the reason that ΚΠ a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 244 Hit nedyth a man do more abstynence in that tyme..by the reyson than [read that] in colde tyme the colde chasyth the naturall hete. 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 329/1 By the reason that priestes are so hoate of courage, and can not keepe theyr chastitie. 1637 R. Basset Curiosities iv. 231 Qu. Wherefore is it, that..hot water is sooner cooled standing in the Sunne, than in a coole shade? An. By the reason that contraries doe contend for supereminence. 1858 Mechanics' Mag. 9 Oct. 351/1 A cable constructed on that principle would not answer better than that which is now extended on the bed of the Atlantic, by the reason that the enormous pressure of water would convert the fibrous material into a substance almost as dense as gutta percha. < as lemmas |
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