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at it
在忙碌,在活躍,在苦幹,在大鬧,做惡作劇
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
At
prep.
Primarily
,
this
word
expresses
the
relations
of
presence
,
nearness
in
place
or
time
,
or
direction
toward
;
as
,
at
the
ninth
hour
;
at
the
house
;
to
aim
at
a
mark
.
It
is
less
definite
than
in
or
on
;
at
the
house
may
be
in
or
near
the
house
.
From
this
original
import
are
derived
all
the
various
uses
of
at
.
It
expresses
: -
1.
A
relation
of
proximity
to
,
or
of
presence
in
or
on
,
something
;
as
,
at
the
door
;
at
your
shop
;
at
home
;
at
school
;
at
hand
;
at
sea
and
on
land
.
2.
The
relation
of
some
state
or
condition
;
as
,
at
war
;
at
peace
;
at
ease
;
at
your
service
;
at
fault
;
at
liberty
;
at
risk
;
at
disadvantage
.
3.
The
relation
of
some
employment
or
action
;
occupied
with
;
as
,
at
engraving
;
at
husbandry
;
at
play
;
at
work
;
at
meat
(
eating
);
except
at
puns
.
4.
The
relation
of
a
point
or
position
in
a
series
,
or
of
degree
,
rate
,
or
value
;
as
,
with
the
thermometer
at
80°;
goods
sold
at
a
cheap
price
;
a
country
estimated
at
10,000
square
miles
;
life
is
short
at
the
longest
.
5.
The
relations
of
time
,
age
,
or
order
;
as
,
at
ten
o'clock
;
at
twenty-one
;
at
once
;
at
first
.
6.
The
relations
of
source
,
occasion
,
reason
,
consequence
,
or
effect
;
as
,
at
the
sight
;
at
this
news
;
merry
at
anything
;
at
this
declaration
;
at
his
command
;
to
demand
,
require
,
receive
,
deserve
,
endure
at
your
hands
.
7.
Relation
of
direction
toward
an
object
or
end
;
as
,
look
at
it
;
to
point
at
one
;
to
aim
at
a
mark
;
to
throw
,
strike
,
shoot
,
wink
,
mock
,
laugh
at
any
one
.
At all
,
At home
,
At large
,
At last
,
At length
,
At once
,
etc
.
See
under
All
,
Home
,
Large
,
Last
(
phrase
and
syn
.),
Length
,
Once
,
etc
.
At it
,
busily
or
actively
engaged
.
At least
.
See
Least
and
However
.
At one
.
See
At one
,
in
the
Vocabulary
.
Syn:
--
In
,
At
.
Usage:
When
reference
to
the
interior
of
any
place
is
made
prominent
in
is
used
.
It
is
used
before
the
names
of
countries
and
cities
(
esp
.
large
cities
);
as
,
we
live
in
America
,
in
New
York
,
in
the
South
.
At
is
commonly
employed
before
names
of
houses
,
institutions
,
villages
,
and
small
places
;
as
,
Milton
was
educated
at
Christ's
College
;
money
taken
in
at
the
Customhouse
;
I
saw
him
at
the
jeweler's
;
we
live
at
Beachville
.
At
may
be
used
before
the
name
of
a
city
when
it
is
regarded
as
a
mere
point
of
locality
.
“An
English
king
was
crowned
at
Paris.”
--
Macaulay
.
“Jean
Jacques
Rousseau
was
born
at
Geneva
,
June
, 28, 1712.”
--
J
.
Morley
.
In
regard
to
time
,
we
say
at
the
hour
,
on
the
day
,
in
the
year
;
as
,
at
9
o'clock
,
on
the
morning
of
July
5th,
in
the
year
1775.
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