| 单词 | to leave behind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto leave behind to leave behind 1. transitive. a. Not to take with one at one's departure, to go away without. Also figurative: to relegate to the background or a subordinate position, to consign to the past, to distance oneself from. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > leave (behind) let971 beleavec1175 forletc1200 agoc1275 to leave behindc1330 relinquish1548 c1330 Simonie (Auch.) (1991) 80 He..leueþ þare behinde a þeef and an hore. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2431 (MED) So loþ hem was þo to lese or leue hem bi-hinde. c1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars (Fairf. 16) (1871) l. 108 O woful Mars..That..Art..left by-hynde in peril to be sleyn. c1450 Complaynt d'Amours (Fairf. 16) f. 198 Why that she lefte pitee alle behynde. 1580 T. M. in Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A.vi/2 So Barret..Hath left behind..This Hiue of his, referst with honie meates. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 9 Considering they might leave me behind, or sell me. 1670 T. S. & A. Roberts Adventures Eng. Merchant 159 The Guards that were at the Gate obliged us to leave our Sandals behind. 1709 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions 88 My Soul surpriz'd,..Left all Reserve, and all the Sex behind. 1754 Whitehall Evening-post 22–25 June A Seeding Minister..has run off with a young Woman in that Parish, and left behind a Wife and small Family to bewail his unseasonable Amour and Elopement. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 136 After starting on a very long journey..discovering that you have left your road-book behind, so that you see everything in profound ignorance. 1813 S. Y. Wells Millennial Praises 91 Come, confess, leave sin behind. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad iii. 4 Leave your home behind, lad. 1924 Humorist 5 Jan. 595/1 For when I reached my diggings, I discovered I'd left my coat behind! 1970 C. Manson in Newsweek 16 Mar. 37/1 So burn all your bridges, leave your old life behind. 2014 New Yorker 10 Feb. 30/3 Minutes before, she had left her wallet behind on the counter at a Jamba Juice. b. To have remaining as a trace or consequence after removal, cessation, or a process of change; = sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring about as a consequence or entail makeOE haveOE drawa1400 to draw inc1405 to leave behind1424 goc1449 to draw on1572 train1579 carry1581 beara1616 to lead toa1770 evolve1816 entail1829 mean1841 issue1842 subinduce1855 1424Lefft behynde [see sense 1b]. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 893/2 Let the priest rence his hands, lest any parcels of the body or bloud be left behind in his fingers or in the chalice. 1645 T. Blake Infants Baptisme 4 Reproaches are called aspersions, by a Metaphor drawn from sprinkling; which being by any liquid substance of a staining nature, it leaves a spot or macula behind. 1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 70 A Wound though cur'd, yet leave behind a Scar. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Scorzonera The Flower..when it fades, leaves a Cottonny Roundel behind where the Seed is. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Pref. 2 The fashionable words, or favourite expressions of the day,..vanish without leaving a trace behind. 1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 5) 61 The wither'd frame, the ruined mind, The wrack by passion left behind. 1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) xv. 291 Those little pools that are left behind among the rocks by the retiring tide. 1906 R. W. Sindall Paper Technol. iv. 37 The organic matter is burnt off, and the mass left behind consists mainly of impure carbonate of soda. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. iv. 50 Glauber..examined the residue that was left behind in the retort when oil of vitriol and salt were heated together. 1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad 44 Where one flood will leave behind a well-filled waterhole..the next, probably, will fill the hole with sand. 1973 Daily Tel. 9 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 12/2 You can see the mouse-run quite clearly because of the slick of oil which all rodents leave behind. 2015 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 29 June Freelance hackers are skilled at carrying out attacks that leave behind little direct evidence connecting them to their sponsors. c. To have remaining or surviving after one's death; = sense 1a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (transitive)] > have remaining after death leaveOE to leave behind1509 1509 S. Hawes Pastyme of Pleasure (de Worde) xxxix. sig. R.vii This worldly treasure I must leue behynde. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 131 After her death she left behinde a slaunderous memorie. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets ix. sig. B2v The world wilbe thy widdow and still weepe, That thou no forme of thee hast left behind. 1653 Bp. H. King Will in Poems & Psalms (1843) App. p. cxi I mention thus much..without pleading merritt for my Nephews regard towards those I leave behind. 1693 T. Southerne in W. Congreve Old Batchelour sig. A3 His [sc. Dryden's] Body yielding must submit to Fate, Leaving his deathless Works, and thee behind. a1771 T. Smollett Plays & Poems (1777) 249 I am left behind..To sing thy dirge in sad funereal ray. 1825 T. Campbell in New Monthly Mag. 14 289 To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die. 1843 E. Thompson Serm. Future State of Happiness iii. 68 If the occasional tear falls,..it is on account of a passing doubt entertained for the temporal care and prosperity of those, he is about to leave behind. 1895 Unitarian Mar. 142/1 Besides the husband, she leaves behind two children, a son and daughter, both grown up. 1948 Princeton Alumni Weekly 20 Feb. 209/3 He leaves behind a host of friends who will remember his gallantry. 2005 N.Y. Times 10 July ii. 26/1 Wölfli..left behind a legacy of some 25,000 works. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > neglect foryemeOE misyemeOE miswitec1225 slidec1386 to leave behinda1393 mistendc1400 forgo?a1500 to let go1535 neglecta1538 to leave out in the cold1886 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 4056 Sche..preide..To Pluto..And..Proserpine. And so sche soghte out al the line Of hem that longen to that craft, Behinde was no name laft. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26389 Þis ypocrites..þai leue þe grettes plight be-hind. c1460 Abraham & Isaac in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 41 Þouȝ it had be þiself and I [to be sacrificed], It shuld not haue ben left behynde. 3. transitive. To be or do much better than, to exceed, to outstrip. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip to leave behinda1393 overgoc1425 preventa1500 outgo1530 out-trot1555 outstrip1567 stripa1592 outpacea1596 out-swift1606 to have (also get) the speed ofa1616 outstretcha1642 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642 to gain bounds of1653 outrace1657 outspeed1661 to cast behind1681 distance1691 belag1721 repass1728 outfoot1740 outdistance1789 fore-reach1803 to have the foot of1832 to run away1843 slip1856 short-head1863 tine1871 forespeed1872 outrate1873 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2303 (MED) He..hasteth faste forto ride, Til alle men be left behinde. 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. xii. f. 142 Their secret frends in gardeins & blynd tauerns, come not behynd them at al in delicacy of fare, and in suptuous expence, but rather goe before, & leaue them farre behynd. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 720 But since it is reason we should geue the first place and honor of the discipline of warres, vnto a Captaine of the greatest skill and experience in warres: the Lacedæmonian then leaueth the Romane farre behind. 1641 Bp. J. Hall Surv. Protestation Protested To Rdr. sig. A2v These hotspurs run themselves breathlesse, and leave others so far behind that they despair to follow. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 He..leaves the Scythian Arrow far behind. View more context for this quotation 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 72. ⁋5 The hearers either strain their faculties to accompany its towerings, or are left behind in envy and despair. 1792 C. Pigott Jockey Club (ed. 2) 49 Did the general character of Col. F— keep pace with his intellectual accomplishments, he..would leave all competition far behind. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 496 He made such rapid progress in the doctrines of toleration that he left Milton and Locke behind. 1877 Times 20 Dec. 7/3 In that [sc. political tergiversation] he..has left all competitors behind. 1936 Economist 4 Jan. 3/1 Dr. Townsend has now left all his rivals behind in competition for the votes of the lunatic fringe. 1968 Motor Sport Aug. 717/2 On the second lap Hill and Stewart had left the rest behind. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Nov. ix. 3/1 In a season of boyfriend cardigans..Nanette Lepore's sequined version is leaving the competition behind. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain in one place stickeOE abideOE dwell13.. occupy1413 to leave behind?a1425 remain1426 reside1488 consist1542 in1825 to stay put1843 ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 95v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Leven Put in alle þe wine þat lefte behynde & meddel alle wele togider. a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 5 Þat þat leeueþ bihynde, putte it to þe fier. b. transitive. To allow or cause to remain in a specified condition. Cf. sense 4a. ΚΠ 1539 Bible (Taverner) Ded. But now though many faultes perchaunce be yet left behind vncastigat,..I trust your maiestie..wyll pardon me. 1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. iv. f. 105v The vnhappie Ladie had scant dronke off a part of this potion, but she felt hir hart labor..: so leauing the reast behinde vndronke,..she wofully in short time left hir life. 1649 R. Baillie Rev. Seditious Pamphlet 54 If the Warner..had blotted out of his booke that errour, the Repentance had beene commendable: But hee has left so much yet behind unscraped out, as does shew his minde to continue what it was. 1695 J. Lead Laws of Paradise i. 34 Jesus,..the Finisher and Consummator of what is yet left behind to be done. 1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 147 The coagulum left behind undisturbed will presently organise. 1917 Boys' Life Oct. 23/2 He is helping in some way to win this war: By fighting, by supporting those who have gone to fight,..by doing the work they have left behind to do. 2007 F. Close Nothing: Very Short Introd. (2009) vii. 108 The photon may eject them [sc. a virtual electron and positron] out of the atom, leaving the atom behind undisturbed. < as lemmas |
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