| 单词 | speak for yourself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspeak for yourself 1. To make a speech or plea in place of or on behalf of (a person); in later use esp. to plead for. Also, to make representations concerning (a thing). speak for yourself: expressing a desire to dissociate oneself from what another has just said or the assumptions behind it. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as deputy for [verb (transitive)] > speak for or on behalf of another to speak for ——a1300 voice1886 the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > bind by a promise conjurec1290 to speak for ——a1300 avow1303 adjurea1425 surec1460 arrest1489 gage1489 insure1530 pledge1571 fiance1592 objure1609 sacrament1621 attest1685 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend to stand by ——OE to speak for ——a1300 to stand for ——1384 maintainc1390 to stand up for1562 to stand out for?c1576 to stand to ——1582 patronize1595 stickle1632 to stick up for1792 championize1840 champion1844 to take up the cudgels1869 the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > dissent or disagree [verb (intransitive)] > dissociate oneself disclaim1578 speak for yourself1738 a1300 K. Horn 171 Hor[n] spak for hem alle. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvi. 1 It is suffrid to thee, for to speke for thi silf. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 8 How grymbart the dasse..spack For reynart. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings iv. 13 Hast thou eny matter to be spoken for to the kynge? a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 70 An impardonable fault, In soe much That noe man would speake for him. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. at Speak for If ever he do so again, I will never speak for him. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 16 Pray, Sir, speak for yourself. 1777 C. Reeve Champion of Virtue 102 Take courage and speak for yourself. 1778 J. Boswell in London Mag. Feb. 58/1 I remember hearing a late celebrated infidel tell that he was not at all pleased when the infidel wife of his friend, a poet of some eminence, addressed him in a company in London, ‘we Deists’.—Speak for yourself, Madam, said he abruptly. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xi. 214 ‘I say, speak not for her,’ replied Leicester. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. x. 292 ‘Speak for yourself, friend,’ said Peter, scornfully. 1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish iii Why don't you speak for yourself, John? 1916 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion Prologue 3 Megaera: Everybody knows that the Christians are the very lowest of the low. Androcles: Just like us, dear. Megaera: Speak for yourself. 1946 L. P. Hartley Sixth Heaven ii. 46 ‘Speak for yourself,’ said Barbara defiantly. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Apr. 508/4 We learn that ‘when viewing serials..we feel we know these characters well enough, for example, to say hello to in the street.’.. My reaction to this is to say: speak for yourself! < as lemmas |
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