单词 | to have reason |
释义 | > as lemmasto have reason c. to have reason. extracted from reasonn.1ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > speak truly [verb (intransitive)] > be right to have reasonc1475 to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817 hit1874 to be on the beam1941 c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 445 (MED) Truly, me seme ȝe haue reson. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) i. x. 13 b This if they had demaunded of the true God, they should haue had reason. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits i. 8 Aristotle excepteth naturall Philosophie, saying, a yoong man is not of fit disposition for this kind of doctrine, wherein it semeth he hath reason. 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. vi. 95 The King him~selfe said aloud, that both sides had reason. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all iii. 26 Sir M. You have Reason, sir! Mood. There he is again too; the Town Phrase. 1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit i, in Tale of Tub 296 The Objectors have Reason, and their Assertions may be allowed. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xliii. 147 Louis the fourteenth had reason when he said..‘The Pyrenees are removed’. (b) To have grounds, motivation, or justification (for or to do something). Frequently with modifying adjective, as every, good, great, little, small, etc. ΚΠ 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. diiiiv Heir mak I the reward as I haue resoune. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 200 You shall haue reason to beleeue me better, for matters touching Hannibal, then Terentius Varro. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xiii. 177 Hee had reason to exclaime as hee did. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 135 Mee thinks..you should haue little reason for that. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. v. 2 I. Why how now Hecat, you looke angerly? Hec. Haue I not reason..? View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 184 Noble Orsin, th' hast Great reason to doe as thou say'st. 1735 J. Swift Humble Addr. to Parl. in Wks. IV. 214 If this blessed Part of our Law be eludible at Pleasure..we shall have little Reason to boast. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 66/1 I have reason to remember it. I was, after the battle, flung into confinement. 1790 W. Bligh Narr. Mutiny on Bounty 1 I sailed on the 27th, having every reason to expect..that they would continue healthy. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. v. 134 ‘I applaud your caution’, said Darsie. ‘You have reason’, replied his sister. 1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 353 I had good reason to hope that I was being of use at Roost. 1941 R. Warner Aerodrome xi. 179 Perhaps he feared that I would attack him and, as I was taller and stronger than he was, he had some reason, perhaps, to be afraid. 1966 J. Derrick Teaching Eng. to Immigrants ii. 89 The teacher..has good reason for confining questions to 1st and 2nd person forms only at first. 1972 J. Berger G. III. vi. 198 It was not wrong of your husband to threaten me, he said, he has every reason to be jealous. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 Sept. i. 1/1 Doctors had reason to believe that Lilly could be weaned off the shots. < as lemmas |
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