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词汇 thorough-paced
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Definition of thorough-paced in English:

thorough-paced

adjective
archaic
  • 1Highly skilled or trained.

    〈古〉受过完善训练的,熟练的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wood's character of him is, that he was an exact mathematician, a curious calculator of nativities, a general read scholar, a thorough-paced philologist, and one that understood the surveying of lands well.
    1. 1.1 Absolute (used to emphasize the degree to which someone or something exemplifies a characteristic).
      十足的,完全的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Let no one take these remarks for the raillery of scepticism: the thorough-paced sceptic of modern days is just as much carried away by the spirit of prophecy as the dogmatists whom he scoffs at.
      • A thorough-paced antiquary not only remembers what all other people have thought proper to forget, but he also forgets what all other people think is proper to remember.
      • If they had been thorough-paced worldlings, they would not have sold their possession; and, if they had been thorough-paced Christians, they would not have retained part of the price.
      • A dearth of general information is almost necessary to the thorough-paced coffee-house politician; in the absence of thought, imagination, sentiment, he is attracted immediately to the nearest commonplace.
      • He was by no means as thorough-paced an old sinner as Fitzgerald would have us believe.

Definition of thorough-paced in US English:

thorough-paced

adjectiveˈθərəˌpeɪstˈTHərəˌpāst
archaic
  • 1Highly skilled or trained.

    〈古〉受过完善训练的,熟练的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wood's character of him is, that he was an exact mathematician, a curious calculator of nativities, a general read scholar, a thorough-paced philologist, and one that understood the surveying of lands well.
    1. 1.1 Absolute (used to emphasize the degree to which someone or something exemplifies a characteristic).
      十足的,完全的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was by no means as thorough-paced an old sinner as Fitzgerald would have us believe.
      • A thorough-paced antiquary not only remembers what all other people have thought proper to forget, but he also forgets what all other people think is proper to remember.
      • A dearth of general information is almost necessary to the thorough-paced coffee-house politician; in the absence of thought, imagination, sentiment, he is attracted immediately to the nearest commonplace.
      • If they had been thorough-paced worldlings, they would not have sold their possession; and, if they had been thorough-paced Christians, they would not have retained part of the price.
      • Let no one take these remarks for the raillery of scepticism: the thorough-paced sceptic of modern days is just as much carried away by the spirit of prophecy as the dogmatists whom he scoffs at.
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