| 词组 | deem |
| 释义 | deem A few commentators—Flesch 1964, Fowler 1926, 1965, and Evans 1957—express variously some reservations about the old verb deem. At issue seems to be a use by politicians—including many U.S. presidents—that these people deem pretentious. The word is in wide literary and journalistic use, and has been for generations: • My parents deemed it necessary that I should adopt some profession —George Borrow, Lavengro, 1851 • ... to inspect all the sites that were deemed eligible —Emily Hahn, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 1971 • ... pleasure and my own personal happiness ... are all I deem worth a hoot —George Jean Nathan, Testament of a Critic, 1931 • ... a general fling at the sex we may deem pardonable —George Meredith, Diana of the Crossways, 1885 • In one of their exchanges Holmes and Pollock name those they deem to be literature's great letter writers —Aristides, American Scholar, Autumn 1979 • The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary —Constitution of the United States, 1787 • Should the new films be deemed too licentious — Harold Clurman, Harper's, May 1971 • ... his hope, which he had deemed dead, blossomed with miraculous suddenness —Arnold Bennett, The Old Wives'Tale, 1908 • The average layman—or Congressman—is deemed unable to comprehend the mystic intricacies and intrigues of foreign affairs —John F. Kennedy, TV. Y. Times Mag, 8 Aug. 1954 • ... the porcupine is deemed to be a very propitious animal for crops —Sir James G. Frazer, Aftermath, 1937 It is hard to see that there can be any problem with this word. |
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