| 词汇 | example_english_thou |
| 释义 | Examples of thouThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The old agreement form for use with the subject thou survives not only in some dialects, but also in our passive competence. Smiling thou bear'st him to thy chill green bed. The speaker asks the "slight" daisy, "thou little veil for so great a mystery," when she, the poet, might "penetrate all things and thee". The rejection of thou also safeguarded against offending people. Why wilt thou be wood yet once again? He also manages to do so without striking 'holier than thou' postures and is prepared to admit to the limits of knowledge and understanding. Vanished with the back numbers, if ever thou didst exist? Being a chartered engineer does not necessarily mean being a professional engineer even thou most societies in the world relates "chartered" with professional. The explanation tacitly accepted is the inability to keep the collective commandments (' ' thou shalt not ' '). What dost thou with thy best apparel on ? The pattern of using thee's and thou's continues unabated, and in this context is not so much evocative of antiquity, as simply irritating. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His vocatives indicate this: the detachment of "sir" (2, 9), the conventional neutrality of "thou" (5), the intimacy of "my friend" (5). The use of thou between people who would normally use you to each other would have signalled a range of effects, such as anger and contempt. Blessed also are we in having thee as our succour: for day and night thou didst intercede for us, and the sceptres of kings are strengthened by thy supplications. Moreover, within the language of exhortation, he is especially interested in what follows once ' ' thou shalt not ' ' is understood as the dialectical accompaniment to ' ' thou shalt. Of these thou wert antiquity! In an effort to maintain integrity within the revival, commentators often noted that young participants would compete with each other with a mentality which was jokingly termed ' ' folkier than thou. Brothers (and sisters), where art thou? Thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The internal market is already a corollary of the commandment "thou shalt consume". From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There are many thou-stands of cases of this character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not taking any "holier than thou" attitude over it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Oh that thou hadst known the things that belong unto peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In our legislation, there is far too much of the "thou shalt not"and regrettably little of the"thou shalt". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Two thou-stand and two million pounds is the sum which is being focused on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had great hesitation in the beginning over making the change from the use of "thou"language to"you" language. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Six days thou shalt labour, and the seventh thou shalt rest! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not take a "holier than thou" approach to this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want to fill the statute book with "thou shalts", but rather with "thou mayests". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt disarm if everybody else will disarm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about thou shalt not get grants for doing things that are environmentally damaging. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The holier-than-thou attitude which many people seem to adopt is attributable more to a political sense than to a love of mankind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, a"holier than thou"attitude and tone does more harm than almost anything else to race relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, they do not fit very well with the holier-than-thou smokescreen about public expenditure discipline which was so proclaimed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that because the offender was "holier than thou" — that was the phrase used— he got extra punishment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Discretion is always the better part of valour; free will is better than coercion; and thou mayest is better than thou shalt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are all kinds of "thou shall nots" which can be applied to motorists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, they must also recognise that they are keeping thou- sands of people on the streets as a result of their action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no "holier than thou" attitude on our part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question now is whether many thou- sands of people in this country are to have these food supplies at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that this criminal damage sits rather uneasily alongside their somewhat holier-than-thou attitude towards both law and morality? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the advertising industry we have a phrase "cost per thou". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The moment one starts saying "thou shalt", it all becomes counter-productive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, thou shalt not build a factory extension of more than 1,000 sq. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to explain, when we look at the figures periodically, that so many tens of thou- sands of our school-leavers are unemployed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not attracted to the difference between saying "thou"and"you". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Lawyers are well aware that "thou shalt not bear false witness" is the basis of our legal system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When members of a trade union use methods which stray even half-a-thou either side of proper procedural forms they are quick to criticise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will be quiet when thou be quiet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that there is a danger in discussions of this sort for many of us to adopt a "holier than thou" attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us be very careful before we take any "holier than thou" attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us forget this "holier-than-thou" attitude towards dividends and recognise that they are vital to the whole economic life of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou- sands of poor shops cannot get a sugar supply, while the great multiple shops, through influence, are able to get what they want. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ye have heard that it was said thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pensioners and disabled in particular do not want to see us adopt a holier-than-thou attitude towards this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The journey thou takest is not for thy honour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt restrain thy income demands if everybody else will restrain their income demands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hasten to disclaim any holier than thou attitude in this regard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have got to be careful not to get into a "holier than thou" attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To face those lessons in such a debate is not attempting to be holier-than-thou or to be pious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would that thou wert cold or hot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first of these groups is the envious, bitter politicians, and the second is the "holier than thou" clerics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I took thee to curse mine enemies and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our discussions are not about who was holier than thou, and when, but about how best to deal with the mutual problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I take the stand not in a puritanical or holier-than-thou attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even so, the report seems to me to have a rather 'holier-than-thou' aura to it. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He thought we were adopting a rather "holier than thou" attitude in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There you have a diminution in the death-rate per thou-, sand of nearly fifty in three years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not discuss those important questions because we are too busy shouting about who is more rural than thou. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt not build more than 100,000 sq. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt not build offices without a permit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can see only too well that nationalised industries are not holier than thou. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are apparently supposed to ignore the difference between "we should endeavour to agree and co-operate"and"thou shalt define a foreign policy". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not mean that it is an express, mandatory order in so many words—"thou shalt". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am something of a believer in the biblical precept, "that which thou do, do quickly". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot adopt such a "holier than thou" attitude about people who overstay as we know how they want their families to be together. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also believe that we should not be too holier than thou in our approach. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Knowing what thou knowest not is in a sense omniscience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of those is that thou shalt not commit adultery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are taking a politically correct, holier-than-thou stance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Friend, how much dost thou sympathise? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he aware that many thou-stands of families have no bath and no hot water and have to go through somebody else's living room to get to the lavatory? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would have a much better result aesthetically if, instead of worrying about where thou shalt not build, we worried about what thou shalt not build. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou hast spoken enough tonight, dear boy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou are more lovely and more temperate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt not covet they neighbour's goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We may not agree with their policies, but it is their problem and it is their solution, and who are we to adopt this attitude of "holier than thou"? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What has thou to do with peace? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thou shalt teach revolution, for revolution means the abolition of the present political state and the end of capitalism and raising in their place an industrial republic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Advocates of the sleazier aspects of the enterprise culture are not at their most convincing when they are being holier than thou on the subject of fraud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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