| 单词 | to allay a person's pride |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto allay a person's pride to allay a person's pride: (originally) to destroy the pride of a person, to humble a person; (subsequently) to diminish or mitigate the pride of a person. Now rare. ΚΠ c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1926 Forto awreke ous wel of him, and alegge his prute. 1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue f. 83v Nebucadnezar..Was made an oxe and did eate haye Seuen yeres, his great pryde to alaye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 61 I, and alay this thy abortiue Pride. View more context for this quotation 1701 ‘H. J.’ Fatal Union France & Spain 4 So near to Poverty you stand ally'd, That it might well allay your real Pride. 1854 L. H. Sigourney Western Home 156 That poor widowed mother's grief Allayed a nation's pride. 1901 Outlook 8 June 325/2 If time has not allayed that pride before the next session of Congress, it might be wise..to declare in explicit terms that the object of those provisions is..to safeguard and secure Cuban liberty. < as lemmas |
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