单词 | disservice |
释义 | disservicen. a. The opposite of service; the rendering of an ill service or ill turn; injury, detriment. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful action > [noun] illingc1220 wrake13.. violenta1382 damaginga1400 harminga1400 spitea1400 offendinga1425 deringc1540 disservice1599 damagement1603 violencing1612 damnificationa1631 injuring1651 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [noun] > action offendinga1425 ailingc1540 disservice1599 injuring1651 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 109 To ioyne with them in praysing the Creatour of the world, is no better than disseruice to his Maiestie. 1732 G. Berkeley Serm. to Soc. Propagation Gospel in Wks. (1871) III. 250 The making religion a notional thing hath been of infinite disservice. a1754 H. Fielding Fathers (1778) v. ii. 94 It is not of any disservice to the young lady. 1852 J. H. Newman Disc. Univ. Educ. 413 That institution did both service and disservice to the ethical teaching of Catholicism. b. With a and plural. An ill service or ill turn; an injury. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [noun] > action > a bad turn shrewd turn1464 office1575 disservice1611 disoffice1624 evil turn1647 diskindness1678 bad turn1886 a shot in the eye1897 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > action of causing disadvantage > an act of evil turna1375 misservice1587 disservice1611 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful action > [noun] > instance > done to another shrewd turn1464 disservice1611 disoffice1624 diskindness1678 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desservice, a disseruice, ill office, misdeed. 1632 Earl of Strafford in R. Browning & J. Forster Life of Strafford (1891) 301 Since I cam heather, I haue hearde of many disseruices, but not any one seruice he hath paid backe vnto the Crowne. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. i. 6 My uncle Toby's wish did Dr. Slop a disservice which his heart never intended. 1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) 9 Among the disservices rendered us by fortune. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2018). disservicev. rare. transitive. To render an ill service to; to disserve, to injure. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > harm, injure, or commit offence against [verb (transitive)] misdoc1230 forworkc1275 wrongc1330 to do (one) spite or a spitec1380 to commit (also do, make) an offencec1384 offenda1387 unrighta1393 to do disease toc1400 injuryc1484 offence1512 misfease1571 watcha1586 injure1597 envya1625 disserve1637 hinder1639 disservice1837 serve1887 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (transitive)] > to person or thing > by ill turn disserve1637 disservice1837 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 359 Mr. Tingry..has thus been disserviced;..portions of his work purloined. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1599v.1837 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。