| 单词 | to fling oneself upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fling oneself upon b. figurative. to fling oneself, one's energies, etc. into or upon: to enter upon vigorously, take up with impetuous energy, abandon oneself to. Also, to fling oneself upon (a person): to confide oneself unreservedly to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > vigorously or zealously to step to ——1530 to fling oneself, one's energies, etc. into or upon1842 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for or protect [verb (reflexive)] > commit to the care of another putc1390 commit1569 to fling oneself upon1842 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 144 If they [Whigs] had flung themselves upon the people heartily and honestly, they might have set the Tories at defiance. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. vii. 179 Goltz..honestly flings himself upon his task. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §7. 100 [He] returned to fling himself into the life of the young nobles of the time. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xxxv. 111 She had flung all her energies into the rebellion. < as lemmas |
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