| 释义 |
† cuˈration Obs.
In 4–5 -cioun(e, -cyoun, 4–6 -cion, -cyon.
[ME., a. OF. curacion, ad. L. cūrātiōn-em, n. of action f. cūrāre to cure.]
1. The action of curing; healing, cure.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 735 Þat of þi wo is no curacioun. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 303/1 In medycynal curacion and helynge. 1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. iv. 21 In the curation of a choleryke Aposteme. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iii. 74 The method also of curation lately delivered by Daniel Beckherus. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 143 The curation of the soul from its sin.
2. Curatorship, guardianship.
1769C. Lee in G. Colman's Posth. Lett. (1820) 94 That..I shoud have saddled you with the curation of my affairs. 1774S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Law (1795) 18 History of Curation from its beginning.
Restrict † Obs. to sense 1 in Dict. and relabel sense 2 ‘Obs. exc. as in sense b.’ Add: [2.] b. The supervision by a curator of a collection of preserved or exhibited items.
1979D. Worsley in M. G. Bassett Curation Palaeontol. Collections 145 It may be neither politically practical nor scientifically desirable to locate type collections in their country of origin, especially if that country cannot provide acceptable standards of curation. 1982Times 21 Oct. 10/7 He continued his own research and also devoted himself to the curation of the university's important bird collection. 1986Times 10 Nov. 17/4 Without a substantial increase..in funds.., this museum would have to..reduce..its curation of the national collections. |
