单词 | self-rebuke |
释义 | > as lemmasself-rebuke self-rebuke n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfrᵻˈbjuːk/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfrəˈbjuk/ , /ˌsɛlfriˈbjuk/ ΚΠ a1673 T. Horton Choice & Pract. Expos. Four Psalms (1675) 191 To free himself from it [sc. Sadness and Distemper], in the improvement of his Reason, by way of self-rebuke and Expostulation. 1765 J. Brown Thoughts on Civil Liberty (ed. 2) v. 33 The general Principle of Self-Approbation or Self-Rebuke ariseth in a universal Manner, in some Degree or other. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. iii. 41 Dorothea checked herself suddenly with self-rebuke for the presumptuous way in which she was reckoning on uncertain events. 2005 Los Angeles Apr. 72/2 He was taking me on a walk out of creative despair and self-rebuke into a place of, if not contentment, at least laughter. < as lemmas |
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