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consider /kəns’ɪdɚ/

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consider
(vt.)認為;考慮;體諒,照顧(vi.)考慮,思考

資料來源(2): Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Consider \Con*sid”er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Considered}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Considering}.] [F. consid[’e]rer, L. considerare,
-sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- +
sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to
look at the stars. See {Sidereal}, and cf. {Desire}.]
1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination;
to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate
on.

I will consider thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix.
95.

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my
thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all
things visible. --Milton.

2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it. --Prov.
xxxi. 16.

3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay
due attention to; to respect.

Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours
by accident. --Shak.

England could grow into a posture of being more
united at home, and more considered abroad. --Sir W.
Temple.

4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.

Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
--Macaulay.

Note: The proper sense of consider is often blended with an
idea of the result of considering; as, ``Blessed is he
that considereth the poor.’’ --Ps. xli. 1.; i.e.,
considers with sympathy and pity. ``Which [services] if
I have not enough considered.’’ --Shak.; i.e., requited
as the sufficient considering of them would suggest.
``Consider him liberally.’’ --J. Hooker.

Syn: To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or meditate
on; contemplate; examine. See {Ponder}.

資料來源(3): Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Consider \Con*sid”er\, v. i.
1. To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to
deliberate.

We will consider of your suit. --Shak.

’T were to consider too curiously, to consider so.
--Shak.

She wished she had taken a moment to consider,
before rushing down stairs. --W. Black

2. To hesitate. [Poetic & R.] --Dryden.



endure /ɛndj’ʊr/ /ɪnd’ʊr/

資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]
endure
(vt.)忍受,忍耐;容忍(vi.)持久,持續;忍受,忍耐

資料來源(3): Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Endure \En*dure”\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Endured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Enduring}.] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to
last. See {Dure}, v. i., and cf. {Indurate}.]
1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last;
to remain.

Their verdure still endure. --Shak.

He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not
endure. --Job viii.
15.

2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer
patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity;
to hold out.

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong
in the days that I shall deal with thee? --Ezek.
xxii. 14.

資料來源(4): Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Endure \En*dure”\, v. t.
1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support
without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain
degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and
weather.

Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As
might the strokes of two such arms endure. --Dryden.

2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or
without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear
up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

I will no longer endure it. --Shak.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake.
--2 Tim. ii.
10.

How can I endure to see the evil that shall come
unto my people? --Esther viii.
6.

3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]

Manly limbs endured with little ease. --Spenser.

Syn: To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to;
suffer.



sacrifice /s’ækrəf,ɑɪs/

資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]
sacrifice
犧牲,供俸,祭品(vt.)犧牲,祭祀,賤賣(vi.)獻祭

資料來源(2): Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Sacrifice \Sac”ri*fice\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Sacrificed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sacrificing}.] [From
{Sacrifice}, n.: cf. F. sacrifier, L. sacrificare; sacer
sacred, holy + -ficare (only in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
1. To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a
divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a
token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the
altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor,
or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a
sheep.

Oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid. --Milton.

2. Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for
the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a
higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with
loss or suffering.

Condemned to sacrifice his childish years To
babbling ignorance, and to empty fears. --Prior.

The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the
sake of . . . making this boy his heir. --G. Eliot.

3. To destroy; to kill. --Johnson.

4. To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
[Tradesmen’s Cant]

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