figurative, esp. with allusion to the figure of the mote and the beam (Matthew vii. 3).
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| 释义 | society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > state of having moral defects > fault by which one is beset (4) beamc1000 figurative, esp. with allusion to the figure of the mote and the beam (Matthew vii. 3). a mote in the eyeOE A particle of dust, esp. one of the innumerable minute specks seen floating in a beam of light; (contextually) an irritating particle in the eye or… besetment1831 The fact of besetting; concrete that by which one is beset; esp. a besetting sin, weakness, or influence. eye- a mote (also beam) in one's eye: see beam, n.1 3c, mote, n.1 1a. the eye of a needle: see sense 9a(b). |
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