«STAID»的英语 引用
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I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.
If you have a sense of irony or humour, you're usually cut down, as you're usually distorted or misinterpreted. So it does lead to us being slightly more dour and staid and predictable than would otherwise be the case, which I personally find quite frustrating - because if you don't laugh occasionally in my job, you cry most of the time.
I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.
To me, the difference between New York and London is that things are boring and staid in London.
We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works.
It's not very fashionable, but I love life, and I believe that things disappear and reappear and nothing ever solidifies, no matter how middle-class, housebroken, staid, and solitary someone's life seems to be. That, I think, is what I'm writing about.
'Survivor' was, to me, an absolute reaction that the audience was having to the sort of staid nature of narrative drama on television.
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The Seventh-day Baptist Memorial
“April 17, 1821, I started for East Jersey, at their request, to attend their quarterly
meeting; staid two Sabbaths, and preached seven times, and administered the
communion, and married one couple, and then started for home. On the way
home ...
2
The life and journal of the Rev'd Christian Newcomer, late ...
29th- Visited Chr. Silber, and staid for the night with John Hildt. , March 1st —
This day I attended a funeral in Martinsburg rode to my son's-in-law and staid for
the night. Sunday 5th — I preached at Hauser's. This week I remained at home.
3
Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History ...
3 cold & clear staid. Sun. 4 clear went to Jonesbro & staid at Mr. Mays. Mon. 5
Staid at Mr. Mays. Supr. Court began — Memo. furnished Walter King on Fryday
last with 130 dollars for the use of the Iron Works (in silver dollars) Tues. 6 Staid
at ...
Samuel Gordon Heiskell, John Sevier,
1920
The poem ends on a note also heard in Emerson's "Self-Reliance": So when at
times the mob is swayed To carry praise or blame too far, We may choose
something like a star To stay our minds on and be staid. The wordplay on "stay"
and ...
5
The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Staid (v. int. prêt, of stay) Did stay. Staid (adj. from tbe part.) Sober, grave, regular,
composed. Staid'er (adj. comp. of staid) Staid in a greater degree. Staid'est [adj.
sup. o/staid) Staid in the greatest degree. Staid'ness {t.from staid) Sobriety, ...
6
I Coulda
Staid If I'd Wanted to
A character study of Huck and Colonel Sherburn in Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
William Robert Mullins,
1987
7
The South Devon literary chronicle
From thence we came aboard the Exeter, where came most of the Captains and
dined with Sir John Norris, and staid all the afternoon. Captain Hosier and
Captain Morrice staid all night ; and several of them went with Captain Cavendish
.
8
The Magazine of American history with notes and queries
Staid at a private House. 5///. — To day went down to Fort Western, by land, here
went a board with some of our company, went 3 miles. Staid at a private house.
To day was Sunday. 6th. — Set out this morning early, went down to Swan Island,
...
John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston,
1878
9
Political Register and Impartial Review of New Books
Street, staid there till about ten, then went to Carlton- House, and came home at
twelve. Monday 29. From Audley-Street, the Favourite set out in a chair a quarter
past six, went into Sackville-street, staid there till about ten, then went to ...
10
Annual Report of the Illinois Farmers' Institute
“Lot pitched his tents towards Sodom and dwelt in the cities of the plain,” but
Abraham staid with the land. You know how it fared with Lot; he was not long “
blowing in” his great fortune; domestic and financial troubles beset him, “his city
went ...
Illinois Farmers' Institute,
1899
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AdvTech AGM unlikely to be staid
Curro's attempt to acquire rival education provider AdvTech is becoming increasingly emotional as parents, educators and pupils weigh into the debate. Though ... «Moneyweb.co.za, 七月 15»
Seizing trucks, hijacking tolls: no staid protest for French farmers …
PARIS – Over the past week, French farmers have used tractors to block the border with Germany and chucked foreign vegetables off trucks in protest of cheap ... «Fox News, 七月 15»
Kate Winslet puts the bloom on otherwise staid 'Little Chaos'
The dependably compelling Kate Winslet tangles with vines and branches in "A Little Chaos," getting dirt on her 17th century frocks and under her nails. As the ... «Los Angeles Times, 六月 15»
Staid Mansion Hides Crazy-Fun Basement Playground
New York-based designer Pablo Jendretzki, he of the floating-roofline house in Shinnecock, had a client who purchased a traditional 12,000sf Shingle Style ... «Curbed Hamptons, 六月 15»
How to kickstart a sunny new ecosystem in your staid company …
Peter J. Thompson/National PostThe forest floor is dark and dead until an outside force — a fire, perhaps, or a hungry beetle — levels the forest and kickstarts a ... «Financial Post, 六月 15»
Five-Way Dating Drama Spices Up Staid Health Insurers: Real M&A
The biggest U.S. providers -- UnitedHealth Group Inc., Anthem Inc., Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc. -- are all looking at possible combinations. After a ... «Bloomberg, 六月 15»
Movie review: Uninspired 'Madame Bovary' is more staid than …
In the costume drama “Madame Bovary,” Mia Wasikowska is the frustrated title character from Gustave Flaubert's masterpiece who turns to tawdry trysts to ... «Corning Leader, 六月 15»
Facebook Annual Meeting 'Very Staid,' Needs More Fun, Investor Says
“You know, this meeting is very staid,” the shareholder said toward the end of the social network's annual meeting Thursday. “At Berkshire Hathaway 'sBRKA ... «Wall Street Journal, 六月 15»
Someone Bought the Rolling Stone Founder's Staid Townhouse
Being that it was once the family home of Rolling Stone Magazine co-founders Jane and Jann Wenner, one might expect the townhouse at 37 West 70th Street ... «Curbed NY, 六月 15»
Philharmonia/Petrenko review – a staid account of Mahler's …
Petrenko dedicated his performance of the 10th to his mother, who died recently, and perhaps the weight of that loss was responsible for his rather staid ... «The Guardian, 五月 15»