| 单词 | down with —— ! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdown with —— ! a. down with —— !: used (esp. in slogans or chants by crowds in political contexts) to express a desire to overthrow or eradicate a specified person or thing. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxxvi[i]. 7 Downe with it, downe with it, euen to the grounde. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxiv Then a sergeaunt of Armes called Nycholas dounes, whiche was there with master Moore, entreatynge them, beynge sore hurt, in a fury cryed doune with them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. i. 2 Shrinke not, but down with 'em. View more context for this quotation 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 40 Down with the Suburbians, down with 'em. 1714 C. Hornby Eng. Advice to Freeholders 24 When they are down, then Moderation and Equality are the Cry; but when they have the secular Power on their Side, Down with Presbytery, down with Whiggery. 1764 K. O'Hara Midas i. 4 I say, down with him, Jove—exert your puissance. 1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 23 Long live Iona! down with Swellfoot! 1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 748/1 Down with the shams of a false-hearted society. 1922 N. Coward Down with Whole Darn Lot in Compl. Lyrics (1998) 38/2 Down with the working man! We'll starve his wives and sisters. 1953 G. Willans (title) Down with Skool! 1993 Los Angeles Times 19 June b7/3 Slogans such as ‘Down with religion’, ‘There's no Christ’ and ‘Devil is the Power’. 2015 New Yorker 10 Mar. 31/1 No more kings! Down with fat cats! Damn the moneycrats! < as lemmas |
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