2016年2月25日 星期四

insolence, conceit of parts, outrance, transmogrifying

To mistake the car for a status symbol, just because it is asked to be taken as anything but a car, is to mistake the whole meaning of this very late product of the mechanical age that is now yielding its form to electric technology. The car is a superb piece of uniform, standardized mechanism that is of a piece with the Gutenberg technology and literacy which created the first classless society in the world. The car gave to the democratic cavalier his horse and armor and haughty insolence in one package, transmogrifying the knight into a misguided missile. In fact, the American car did not level downward, but upward, toward the aristocratic idea. 

Johnson Life of Johnson - Chapter XXVIII

Sir, the insolence of wealth will creep out.' BOSWELL. 'She has a little both of the insolence of wealth, and the conceit of parts.' JOHNSON.





◎To the German peace offer (with its demand for Alsace-Lorraine), they replied: "There can be no answer to such insolent demands but a guerre a outrance. ...【對此無禮的要求戰至最後一兵一將】


'Sir, the insolence of wealth will creep out,' iii. 316.


insolent 
adjective ━━ a. 横柄な, 無礼な ((to, towards)).
rude and not showing respect:
an insolent child/young man
an insolent gesture/remark

insolently
adverb

insolence
noun [U]'Sir, the insolence of wealth will creep out,' Life of Johnson, iii. 316.


transmogrify

tranzˈmɒɡrɪfʌɪ,trɑːnz-,-ns-/
verb
humorous
  1. transform in a surprising or magical manner.
    "his home was transmogrified into a hippy crash pad"

outrance
A degree which go beyond bound or beyond measures.

Example: at outrance= at the last extremity/
to (the) outrance= a outrance(adverbial phrase, also a l'outrance, a tout outrance )
to death ;to the bitter end
(Shorter OED)


con・ceit


━━ n. 自負, うぬぼれ; 見栄(みえ); 【文学】奇想天外.
be out of conceit with …にいや気がさす.
con・ceit・ed ━━ a. うぬぼれの強い.
conceit (PRIDE) Show phonetics
noun [U]
when you are too proud of yourself and your actions:
The conceit of that man is incredible!

conceited Show phonetics
adjective DISAPPROVING
too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities:
Without wishing to sound conceited, I am the best salesperson in the company.

conceitedly Show phonetics
adverb

part



--> ━━ n. 部分, 一部; (本などの)部, 編; (pl.) 身体の部分; 割当てられたもの; (仕事の)分け前; 役目, 本分; (俳優の)役割, せりふ; 関係; (相対する)一方; 側 (side); (pl.) 地方; 地区; pl.) 資質; 才能
  1. Individual endowment or ability; talent. Often used in the plural.
; 【楽】音[声]部, 楽章; 〔米〕 頭髪の分け目; (体の)器官; 局部; (pl.) 陰部; (機械の)部品; ((序数詞に添えて)) …分の1; ((基数詞に添えて)) (等分した)1つの部分.

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