| 释义 |
gainsayer|ˈgeɪnseɪə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
One who gainsays, speaks against or opposes.
1435Misyn Fire of Love ii. iii. 73 Þat gostly songe with bodily acordis not; & þe cause & þe errour of gaynsayars. 1549Latimer 3rd Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 76 Ther were gainsaiars that spurned..that whympered agaynste him. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. ii. §2 Able to bring such proofe of their certaintie, as may satisfie gaine-sayers. 1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. i. (1739) 7 The King may dissolve the Parliament at his pleasure, and all gainsayers are Traitors. 1725Swift Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 76 With the universal approbation of all people, without one single gainsayer. 1840Carlyle Heroes vi. (1858) 362 Military Dictators, each with his district, to coerce the Royalist and other gainsayers. 1841–4Emerson Ess. Ser. i. iv. (1876) 113 Then you put all gainsayers in the wrong. |