| 单词 |
praiseworthy |
| 释义 |
praiseworthy, a.|ˈpreɪzˌwɜːðɪ|
[f. praise n. + worthy a. Formerly hyphened or treated as two words: cf. b.]
Worthy or deserving of praise; laudable, commendable.
1538Starkey England i. ii. 43 [He is] much more prayse⁓worthy, then he wych for fere and dred kepyth hymselfe in the hauen styl. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. ii. (1634) 119 Shall we thinke anything praise-worthy or excellent, which we do not acknowledge to come of God? 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 489 That right good and praise-worthy man. 1699Burnet 39 Art. xvii. (1700) 167 All Men are so far free as to be praise-worthy or blame⁓worthy for the Good or Evil that they do. 1732Law Serious C. ii. (ed. 2) 21 He does not ask what is allowable.., but what is commendable and praise-worthy. 1865Swinburne Atalanta 915 Gods, found because of thee adorable And for thy sake praiseworthiest from all men.
†b. Analytically, as great praise worthy, worthy of great praise. Obs.
[1556Aurelio & Isab. (1608) C iij, The whiche..maketh you of so great prayse worthye.] 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 178/2 Smal prayse worthy was it in them to kepe it. 1586J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 52/1 Great praise⁓worthie was he that gaue the first aduenture. |
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