单词 |
second-handedness |
释义 |
second-ˈhandedness [f. second-handed a. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being second-hand or hackneyed; secondhandness.
1905G. B. Shaw Let. c Aug. (1972) II. 551, I have striven hard to open English eyes to the emptiness of Shakespeare's philosophy, to the superficiality and second-handedness of his morality. 1920R. Macaulay Potterism ii. iii. 90 Once you are tied up with a party, you can only avoid second-handedness, taking over views ready made. 1929A. N. Whitehead Aims Educ. iv. 79 The second-handedness of the learned world is the secret of its mediocrity. |

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