单词 | not to want to know |
释义 | > as lemmasnot to want to know d. not to want to know: (a) to show no interest; to be unwilling to take notice or get involved; (b) to act as if one is unacquainted with, to refuse to have dealings with (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)] overhipa1325 to hide one's facea1382 to look aside1530 to look beside ——1533 not to hear on that side1548 to look through the fingers1549 to pull away the shoulder1560 connive1602 to turn a (also the) blind eye1698 to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand1844 Nelson eye1893 not to want to know1948 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > not care about value1591 matter1652 (not) to give (something or someone) a (also another) thought1762 not to want to know1948 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway iii. 79 I was trying to tell her what to do if things look bad. But if she doesn't want to know, I can't do more. 1967 Listener 14 Sept. 326/1 After doing a hard week's work I had nothing in my pocket..nothing at all and that went on for four years... After that I said: ‘Well, that's it. I don't want to know. I can get a living a lot easier than going to work.’ 1969 Focus Feb. 16/2 But if you are paying it all in on a Friday, and taking it all out again on Saturday, do not be surprised if the building society does not want to know you. 1973 Times 19 Sept. 13/4 (advt.) Graduates you have a problem. If you wanted the summer following graduation free, you missed out on the ‘milk round’. Many employers don't want to know by the autumn. 1992 D. Robins Tarnished Vision vi. 46 In England, when children reach a certain age, they don't want to know you. They stand up with fists to you. 2007 Western Daily Press (Bristol) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 17 On a couple of occasions they have even been stopped or seen going into their own homes. But the police don't want to know. < as lemmas |
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