| 单词 | direct object |
| 例句 | The words and structures lie waiting in memory, bearing little tags like “here’s a way to delay mentioning a modifier” or “my direct object is the thing being transferred.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Yet it still requires a leap, one may say an awakening, a shift in perspective to see — well, a direct object isn’t required. Modern Love: Is God Just Not That Into Me? 2014-04-17T19:13:08Z “Me,” “him,” “her,” “us,” and “them” are in the objective case, and are used as direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of a preposition. Comma Queen: “Who/Whom” for Dummies 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z According to Solomon, "at one point in his email, he bold-faced a single sentence for emphasis: 'Cybersecurity was never the direct object of any of our communications,'" in reference to Papadopoulos. Durham's dud is worse than it looks 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z “The history of mankind,” the document continued, “is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.” U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The word applied both to females in the singular and to any group in the plural when a direct object was needed in a sentence. Opinion | Making sense of age-old pronouns 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Who is used for subjects, whom for objects, including direct objects such as that of the verb to fire. In the court of common usage, an old pronoun is losing its case 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Both distinguish between an animate direct object and an inanimate one. The painful origins of many creole languages 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z But putting a comma between a verb and its direct object is not a common mistake. The power of the comma 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “The history of mankind,” the authors pointed out, “is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.” 25 Moments That Changed America 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z “There’s no direct object there,” Mr. Spencer said. For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Four different cases in Old English tell you whether a word is a subject, direct object, indirect object or possessor. In the court of common usage, an old pronoun is losing its case 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Don’t place the time element between the verb and the direct object. Ugly Disagreements 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Avoid putting the time element between the verb and its direct object. Bright Passages 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Border collie comprehends sentences containing a prepositional object, verb and direct object. How to Teach Language to Dogs 2013-07-30T20:45:03.377Z That is not the direct object of these pages. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Quotations grammatically in apposition or the direct objects of verbs are preceded by a comma and enclosed in quotation marks. A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 2011-08-20T02:00:13.567Z The fundamental error of mysticism is, that it discards this intermediary, as if it were a barrier and not a tie: it makes the infinite being the direct object of love. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z In traditional usage, the direct object of “lavish” is the thing bestowed, not the receiver. Bright Passages 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z But the direct object of war is injury to enemies; and the conduct of soldiers generally speaks a language not easily to be misunderstood. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z To show the direct object of a verb. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z For a fleeting second he was a man and the direct object of popular scorn and hatred. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Although the direct object of Pasteur was to prove a negative, yet it was on these experiments that sterilization as known to us was developed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Yet those who know the habits of the Continent of Europe are aware how apparently small a motive often outweighs the desire of money-getting, even in the operations which have money-getting for their direct object. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z And if this be admitted, it is sufficient to establish the general principle, that one of the direct objects of evil in this world is to produce individual benefit. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z After transitive verbs the accusative is used to show the direct object. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z St. Augustine, who had tried both ways, strikingly contrasts them in his De Utilitate credendi, though his direct object in that work is to decide, not between Reason and Faith, but between Reason and Authority. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z If the economy is the direct object, exactly who or what is doing the growing? Some Manure, Please, So I Can ‘Grow the Economy’: Caroline Baum 2011-01-10T02:02:03Z He has heard over and over again, for instance, that a French past participle, conjugated with the auxiliary avoir, sometimes agrees with its direct object and sometimes does not. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced We cannot, indeed, deny that evil sometimes results from good; but never as the direct object of the latter. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z It is our duty to add, that we bring the reader back here less with any direct object as to what is actually going forward, than to make him better acquainted with the new arrival. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) And not being the direct object of the villainous outrage, she appreciated more fully than Violet was yet able to the ghastly tragedy looming ahead at the end of the Cobra's voyage. A Traitor's Wooing I was glad to select it for you as the direct object of our visit, although it has formed a small part of our journey. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands The Divine Spirit is to be sent forth, and the direct object of His mission is the glorifying of Christ. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II This advances a step farther, and attempts to show that the direct object of evil is to produce good. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence The direct object of these meetings, it is true, was to listen to the teachings of the minister. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 I made the inquiry with a direct object. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas It should be the direct object, morally and physically, of every father and mother in this city to banish these parasites—these leeches who suck the life blood of our boys—from Chicago’s streets. Chicago's Black Traffic in White Girls Note.—Many sentences might be quoted in which the participle does agree with the direct object, but there seems to be no clear line of demarcation between them and the sentences just cited. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary But, in the other case, traffic and communication are the direct objects, while war, if hereafter wars should arise, will be the crime or the infelicity of those who engage in it. Old Roads and New Roads Better: "He nailed up the box."Tend.In the sense to look after, takes a direct object without an interposed to. The Century Handbook of Writing At first its direct object is alone thought of. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 Nay, even for those who have no direct object, what is the language which their actions speak? Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 The direct object of this preparatory cannonade was to destroy the wire entanglements, bury the defenders in their dugouts, raze the trenches, smash the embrasures, and stop up the alleys of communication. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Avow and avouch take a direct object; aver is followed by a conjunction: a man avows his faith, avouches a deed, avers that he was present. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Let it not be thought that we would counsel Miss Barrett, or any one else, to propose these works to themselves as direct objects of imitation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 The direct object of our choice is, not disobedience, not sin, but the forbidden thing, the prohibited gratification. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory One writer would impugn the right of society to put its arch-criminals to death; another controverts its right to inflict any penalty whatever, which has not for its direct object the reformation of the criminal. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 I am the first and direct object of your resentment. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Every movement, whether it achieves its direct object or not was made to nail that belief more secure. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia Each pair of stars in the Pleiades makes a small angle, and it is these angles which are the direct object of astronomical measurement. The Story of the Heavens The individual, as he leaves Jeremiah's hands, is more clearly the direct object of the Divine Interest and Grace, and the instrument of the Divine Will. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 After visiting the famous cities of Greece, Germanicus marched to the frontiers of Armenia to settle its affairs with the empire—the direct object of his mission. Ancient States and Empires Then scepticism declares, that the existence of the matter which has been separated from the perception is problematical, because it is not the direct object of consciousness, and is consequently hypothetical. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 The straight line, when made the direct object of attention, is, of course, followed by the eye and not seen by the outlying parts of the retina in one eccentric position. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory It was his direct object to vex the Marquis, and he had set about it with all his vigour. The Vicar of Bullhampton It must here be kept in view, on the one hand, that the permanent improvement of the Highlands is no proper or direct object of the subscriptions received. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. The direct object of the meeting was to prove that the Scriptures contained the genuine and direct revelation of God's will. My Recollections of Lord Byron But neither this nor any other purely political result would be the sole and direct object of the change. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 Their direct object is not so much the increase of their own wealth, ships, or sailors, as the diminution of ours. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Now here the complex has been analysed, and if "I" does not stand for something which is a direct object of acquaintance, we shall have to suppose that "I" is something known by description. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays From all which it may be seen that Miss Mackenzie had been invited to the Cedars with a direct object on the part of Mr Ball. Miss Mackenzie It became evident to the Rebels that we had two direct objects in view: the severing of their railway, and the occupation of the "Five Forks." Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The verb queri can take a direct object, or be constructed with de + ablative, but not both; this would in effect give the verb two objects. The Last Poems of Ovid In this Institution it is made a direct object of effort to cure defects of character and habits. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Apart from their direct object, the exercises of this group are of value for the training which they give in poise; they might be classed equally well with the group under Development of Mental Response. The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze "The history of the King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States." Shakspere, Personal Recollections We must observe, however, that some miracles wrought by God are the direct object of faith; such are the miracles of the virginal Birth, the Resurrection of our Lord, and the Sacrament of the Altar. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition This was the name, as is believed, originally given by Virgil to his pastoral poems, with the direct object of challenging comparison with the writings of Theocritus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" This, when thus made a direct object of combined effort, often secures results most gratifying and encouraging. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Yet these sympathies, even if mistaken in their direct object, may be working to a great and desirable end, which they do not as yet recognize. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The verb, therefore, often includes within itself subject, direct object, indirect object, qualifier, and relation-idea. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 But this or that precept is accidental or consequent to that proper and direct object. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province It is my direct object, gentlemen, to explain this law to you in its most important bearings, and thus to lay before you the chief duties of your profession. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence The main and direct object of these lectures is to combat the three obstacles in the way of conversion, indifference, ignorance, and prejudice, and to prepare the soil for the Great Sower. Catholic Problems in Western Canada What is it which, in the universe regarded as a whole, will become the direct object of worship? The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism Object of powers to Governor-General and Council.The powers given by the act to the new Governor-General and Council had for their direct object the kingdom of Bengal and its dependencies. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) In this way, even during the state of faith, nothing hinders us from understanding even those things which are the direct object of faith. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The subject, direct object, and indirect object are however easily recognised by their position in the sentence. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea In this case the quantity of harm aggravates the sin directly, because then the harm is the direct object of the sin. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition In the former, the phenomenon and nature were assumed to be the direct object of knowledge, while in the latter the object in view was the idea and harmony of things. Myth and Science An Essay Action or acts is the direct object of to act. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. The direct object of their prohibition is the consent of the will, which is directed to deed or pleasure. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The direct objects are the protection of small nationalities, the destruction of a particularly offensive kind of militarism in Germany, the securing of respect for treaties, and the preservation of our own and European liberty. Armageddon—And After The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man towards woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. The Business of Being a Woman But it is not enough that industry is checked by the confinement of its views; it is further discouraged by the limitation of its own direct object, profit. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) Who does not know from the commonest experience, that the direct object of raining must follow as the necessary sequence? that it can never fail? Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. For an injustice may sometimes arise from a passion, for instance, anger or desire, and sometimes from choice, for instance when the injustice itself is the direct object of one's complacency. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The direct object of all those societies was the same—to summon a national convention, which must, of course, supersede Parliament. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 We want to keep the interest in the plastic world and want to be aware of the depth in which the persons move, but our direct object of perception must be without the depth. The Photoplay A Psychological Study The direct object, therefore, of the design is, to supply motives, and not rules; sanctions, and not precepts. Evidence of Christianity In these cases the direct objects of the verb, the things to be omitted are expressed. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. The personal pronouns are not often used reflexively, however, when they are direct objects. An English Grammar The board of police commissioners have recently been charged with the direct object of accomplishing this end. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant But he does not erect the happiness of others into a direct object of his own positive pursuit, beyond the reciprocities of family, citizenship, and common humanity. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics The Hebrew people from the point of view of the direct object of their creation as a nation have been a failure up to the present hour. Quiet Talks with World Winners They, and they alone, would be supposed or seem to have a direct object for wishing Mr. White's life to be terminated. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Here the subject of is, etc., is what we call nature; but of this, we is the subject, and what is the direct object of the verb call, so is in the objective case. An English Grammar The direct object of "remember" is "singing," which is described by the possessive "Katharine's." Practical Exercises in English I answered Mr. Calhoun's letter immediately, rigorously confining myself to the direct object of his inquiries. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 As it was, the women formed their groups with the direct object of educating themselves and, being practical women used to work, they readily turned their new knowledge to practical ends. What eight million women want The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man towards woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.... A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia It must be remembered that any verbal may have an object; but for the present we speak of the object of the verb, and by object we mean the direct object. An English Grammar Here, too, "singing" is a noun; but now its verbal character has disappeared, for it is modified by an adjective "blithe," and instead of a direct object we have the prepositional phrase "of merry songs." Practical Exercises in English Now the feelings of which these classes of acts are the direct object are respectively the self-regarding and the sympathetic feelings, or, as they have been somewhat uncouthly called, the egoistic and altruistic feelings. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics The following are always productive: Labour and expenditure, of which the direct object or effect is the creation of some material product useful or agreeable to mankind. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy The seemingly mere friendly interest of the doctor aroused in Carl no suspicion that he was the direct object of his visit, and that the conversation really constituted a diagnosis of his case. The Mystery of Monastery Farm Besides the direct object of cleansing the ship, another advantage accrued from the discovery of every leaky place existing, by the oozing of the water through it. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 In this sentence "singing"—equivalent to "who was singing"—describes Katharine, and is therefore used as an adjective; but it also partakes of the nature of a verb, for it has a direct object, "song." Practical Exercises in English The monads which constitute the body are the first and direct object of the soul; it perceives them more distinctly than it perceives, through them, the rest of the external world. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time It was resolved to continue experiments, with the direct object of finding out whether it was impossible or desperately dangerous for man to travel in balloons. Wonderful Balloon Ascents "Look," he said quietly, "the past participle conjugated with avoir agrees with the direct object when it precedes." Sons and Lovers The conspirators, warned by the failure of the risings of the 1st and 12th Germinal, omitted nothing to make up for their want of direct object and of organization. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 Here "singing" is a noun, the subject of the sentence; yet it has a direct object, "songs," and is modified by the adverb "blithely." Practical Exercises in English The public cannot maintain, in many instances, that this vicarious indignation arises from a sense of sharing the frailties of the dead poet who is the direct object of attack. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Nay, even from those who seem to have no direct object of office or profit, what is the language which their actions speak? Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 Book, naming the thing acted upon, they call the direct object; and me, naming the person toward whom the act is directed, they call the +indirect+, or dative, +object+. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The experience which is thus organised must of course have been originally a direct object of consciousness, either as an impressive fact or impressive inference. The Principles of Success in Literature Conversely, if it, is followed by "of" and a noun instead of by a direct object, it should be modified by "the" or some other adjective. Practical Exercises in English The direct object of logic is the study of the products rather than of the processes of thought. Deductive Logic Lay is a transitive verb, therefore it takes a direct object after it; as "I lay a wager," "I laid the carpet," etc. How to Speak and Write Correctly The government of France, says Montesquieu, has not, like that of England, liberty for its direct object; it tends only to the glory of the citizen, the state, and the prince. The Eve of the French Revolution To his kindness he owed the possibility of organizing an excursion apart from the direct object of the voyage. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence I have always had a direct object in life—my work—and I believe that has kept me fit and well. The Evil Shepherd We have said that definition is useful in enabling us to distinguish things from one another in our minds: but this must not be regarded as the direct object of the process. Deductive Logic We can say "He lies on the ground," but we cannot say "He lies the ground," since the verb is neuter and intransitive and, as such, cannot have a direct object. How to Speak and Write Correctly Various nations, he then says, have various objects: conquest was that of Rome, war of Sparta, commerce of Marseilles; there is a country the direct object of whose constitution is political liberty. The Eve of the French Revolution The work is a scientific one, rigidly restricted to its direct object; and by its science it must stand or fall. Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism "If you have overheard my conversation with the First Consul, you are aware that the direct object of my coming was to save him from murderers, and to insure his precious life." Marie Antoinette and Her Son Thus have our seemingly long digressions had a very direct object in view, and served powerfully to solve our original question. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The interpretation being no longer one of the direct object, or the intended action, but of its representation, it leads to new experiences, and thus associations-some confusing, and others quite stimulating. The Civilization of Illiteracy If they are thus bound, they are slaves and not free men: But slavery must certainly be "repugnant to the constitution" which has liberty for its direct object. The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2 |
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