| 单词 | cope with |
| 释义 | > as lemmascope with I. intransitive (without with). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle to come togetherOE to lay togetherc1275 smitec1275 to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297 joustc1330 meetc1330 copec1350 assemblea1375 semblea1375 coup?a1400 to fight togethera1400 strikea1400 joinc1400 to join the battle1455 to commit battle?a1475 rencounter1497 to set ina1500 to pitch a battlea1513 concura1522 rescounter1543 scontre1545 journey1572 shock1575 yoke1581 to give in1610 mix1697 to engage a combat1855 to run (or ride) a-tilt1862 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > joust or tilt [verb (intransitive)] playeOE bourdisec1320 joustc1330 copec1350 tourney1390 coup?a1400 joustenc1400 to joust of warc1400 to run togetherc1410 bourda1500 to fight at barriers1532 runa1533 to run at (the) tilt1548 jostle1580 tilt1595 to break a treea1600 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 to run tilt1831 c1350 [implied in: Will. Palerne 3602 So kenli þei a-cuntred at þe coupyng to-gadere, þat þe kniȝt spere in speldes alto-schiuered. (at coping n.1 1)]. a1471 Chron. Rich. II, etc. (Camden) 8 The erl of Penbroke was slayn with that other knyghtis speer, as he cast it from him whanne thay hadde coupid. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 15 [They] coped to gyder so fyersly þt they brake theyr speres. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxx. f. 261 Both the hostis wolde fayne haue..copt to gether [L. properabat committere]. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxviii. [clxiv.] 468 The thyrde course their horses refused and wolde nat cope. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7231 [Thay] coupid to-gedur. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6486 Thay caupit at the knight, kene men of armys. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7775 Þai caupit togedur That bothe were backward þere borne of þere horses. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. iii. 36 They had coped; if Stertinius had not run in, and held backe Flauius. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. vii. 407/1 Foote to foot, and man to man, coped together in a most cruell fight. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 65 Swear, to stand neutral while we cope in fight. II. cope with. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight with [verb (transitive)] fightOE strugglec1386 wrestle1398 cope witha1467 undertake1470 to set one's foot by1536 skirmc1540 make1542 to break blows, words with1589 combata1592 to take up1600 warsle1606 stoush1924 a1467 W. Gregory Chron. (1876) 219 He wolde nevyr cope whithe no man. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1262 One caupet with hym kenely..And set hym a sad dynt. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvv He neither would nor durst once medle or coupe with the Erles nauie. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xiii. vi. 186 One Iulius Montanus..by chaunce coping with the Prince in the darke, and rudely thrusting him backe. 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 45 Hee also unhorsed..a Valiant Knight, and at last coped with Earle Henry himselfe. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 42 The Spaniards never durst cope with our men in the plain field. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 47 He slew every person who ventured to cope with him. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 15 Woe to the wretch whose single might Copes with dark Allan in the fight! 3. To contend with in a well-matched fight, to contest the field with, to be or prove oneself a match for. (Usually with can, able to, or the like.) a. in a literal contest or battle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > contend with acounterc1330 bargainc1375 battlec1399 rencontre1455 field1529 pallc1540 cope with1582 combata1592 to grapple witha1616 to give against ——1646 fight1697 contest1764 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > contend with > in a well-matched contest matchc1400 cope with1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 14 A lucklesse stripling, not a matche too coape with Achilles. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 3. ⁋4 They have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. 1777 J. Sullivan in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 63 If your Excellency thinks your force sufficient to Cope with his. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. x. 501 It would be impossible to gather an army able to cope with the insurgents. b. in a figurative contest. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] couple1477 envy1509 contend1577 counterscore1577 paragona1586 corrive1586 emulate1586 emule1595 corrival1601 vie1602 rival1607 vie1607 contesta1616 antagonize1634 cope with1651 to break a lance with1862 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 200 None must cope with him, he must run and out-run all. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 347 The onely [remedy]..able to cope with so stout an Enemy. 1711 C. Davenant Acct. Trade Great Brit. 67 To be in a lasting Condition to Cope with the Dutch in Trade. 1782 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 178 His being too unwell to cope with Dr. Johnson. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xxxiii. 77 Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes. 1875 R. W. Emerson Greatness in Wks. (1906) III. 270 Let the scholar measure his valour by his power to cope with intellectual giants. 4. a. figurative. To contend with, face, encounter (dangers, difficulties, etc.). Often implying successful encounter. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > strive or struggle against difficulties deal1469 gripple1591 cope with1641 contend1783 strive1786 to grapple with1830 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) > deal with (a matter) takec1175 speedc1374 handc1440 to deal with1469 deduce1528 deal1586 wield1595 cope with1641 tractate1657 handlea1774 job1825 absorb1826 address1838 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 56 Two heads of evill he has to cope with, ignorance and malice. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World x. 318 The difficulties and hazards we had to cope with. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 16 He was..little qualified to cope with the hardships of a new manufacturing enterprise. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru I. iii. v. 438 His nature was too gentle to cope with the bold and fiercer temper of his brother. 1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. i. 8 The work of coping with evil. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. v. 293 Unfit to cope with the problems. b. absol. To manage, deal (competently) with, a situation or problem. colloquial. (Cf. manage v. 12b.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > conduct affairs > deal with a matter > competently wielda1500 to make good (also quick, sure, etc.) worka1616 manage1762 cope with1934 1934 E. Bowen Cat Jumps 248 Angela rang the bell wildly for someone to come and cope. 1955 Ess. in Crit. 5 62 More confidence might be placed in the writer did we not find on the same page a typical shift of tone to this, on Romeo and Juliet: ‘the kids get involved in a lively way, but then they cannot cope.’ 1958 I. J. C. Brown Words in our Time 41 ‘She suffers from copelessness.’ I have heard this said of an unsatisfactory employee. The use of cope as a verb by itself to describe dealing with all kinds of situations is a recent usage. In my youth we tried, or were told to try, to cope with this or that problem. We were not required to cope in general. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience ymetec893 findeOE meetOE counterc1325 overtakec1390 limp?a1400 tidea1400 runa1450 to fall with ——?c1475 onlightc1475 recounterc1485 recount1490 to come in witha1500 occur1531 to fall on ——1533 to fall upon ——1533 beshine1574 rencontre1582 entertain1591 cope with1594 happen1594 tocome1596 incur1599 forgather1600 thwart1601 to fall in1675 cross1684 to come across ——1738 to cross upon (or on)1748 to fall across ——1760 experience1786 to drop in1802 encounter1814 to come upon ——1820 to run against ——1821 to come in contact with1862 to run across ——1864 to knock or run up against1886 to knock up against1887 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with to have to do with (also mid, of, on)lOE meddle1413 intromit1522 fretc1540 make1564 to have a finger in1583 converse1592 cope with1594 trade1595 play1928 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3v But she that neuer cop't with straunger eies, Could picke no meaning from their parling lookes. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 53 As iust a man, As e're my conuersation cop'd withall. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 424 Thou, fresh peece Of excellent Witchcraft, whom of force must know The royall Foole thou coap'st with. View more context for this quotation 1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden ii. v His malice works upon me, Past all the drugs and all the Doctors Counsells, That ere I cop'd with. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 84 If we our selves were not body as well as soul, our understandings would never have coped with such a thing as placeness or stowage at all. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. vi. 141 A heartier friend or honester critic I never coped withal. 1865 A. C. Swinburne At Eleusis in Poems & Ballads 101 How as mate He coped with Hades, yokefellow in sin. III. transitive. ΚΠ 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 125 b This Arte [War]..dothe trimly teache to cope blowes, to auoyde them that be geuen, or to warde them with the buckler. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] seeOE drawc1275 mella1300 meeta1325 fellow1340 usec1384 conjoinc1386 joinc1390 knitc1400 accompany1461 enfellowship1470 frequent1477 haunt1477 mixa1513 encompanya1533 combinea1535 contract1548 to take with ——1562 associate1581 to have a saying toa1593 cope1594 sort1594 to take in1597 consort1600 herd1606 factionate1611 to keep company (with)a1616 accost1633 solder1641 converse1649 walk1650 consociate1653 coalite1734 to get with ——a1772 forgather1786 unionize1810 to go rounda1867 to mix in1870 cop1940 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle meeteOE to meet withc1325 abattlec1400 recounter1455 check1535 to come up against1535 entertain1555 yoke1581 cope1594 conflict1599 clash1650 engage1697 engage1698 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > specific object person(s) meeta1325 occur1531 cope1594 to meet in with1821 to meet up with1870 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Fiijv Finding their enemie to be so curst, They all straine curtsie who shall cope him first. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 523 His [sc. Cupid's] power checketh and copes all other might. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 32 They say hee yesterday cop't Hector in the battell and stroke him downe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 67. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 85 Where, how, how oft, how long agoe, and when, He has, and is againe to cope your wife. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > find or produce an equal to match1596 cope1600 parallel1609 parallelize1669 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 409 Most worthy gentleman..three thousand ducats due vnto the Iew wee freely cope your curtious paines withall. View more context for this quotation 9. To be a match for, face, encounter (cf. 4). rare. ΚΠ 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 73 Saving that ye mistrusted our good King Would..yield you, asking, one Not fit to cope thy quest. < as lemmas |
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