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单词 to go against
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to go against ——
to go against ——
1. intransitive. To go to meet. regional and rare after 16th cent.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > go to meet
to go again ——OE
to go against ——a1375
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4954 Gladli wiþ grete lordes sche goþ him aȝens.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 82 She wente agaynst him & toke him by the hande.
1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle xlv. sig. K.iv Whan the kynge apperceyued hym he wente agaynst hym, and began for to kysse hym.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 570/1 I go agaynst one, I go to mete hym..We be ynowe to go against hym.
1982 B. G. Charles Eng. Dial. S. Pembrokeshire 25/1 Go against, to go to meet.
2. intransitive.
a. To run contrary to; to be or act in opposition to; to militate against. Also to go against nature: to run contrary to that which is considered to be natural; cf. against nature at nature n. Phrases 2.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]
withgo743
to go again ——OE
withsayc1175
again-goc1275
withsitc1300
thwarta1325
to go against ——a1382
counter1382
repugnc1384
adversea1393
craba1400
gainsaya1400
movec1400
overthwart?a1425
to put (also set) one's face againsta1425
traversea1425
contrairc1425
to take again ——c1425
contraryc1430
to take against ——a1450
opposec1485
again-seta1500
gain?a1500
oppone1500
transverse1532
to come up against1535
heave at1546
to be against1549
encounter1549
to set shoulder against1551
to fly in the face of1553
crossc1555
to cross with1590
countermand1592
forstand1599
opposit1600
thorter1608
obviate1609
disputea1616
obstrigillate1623
contradict1632
avert1635
to set one's hand against1635
top1641
militate1642
to come across ——1653
contrariate1656
to cross upon (or on)1661
shock1667
clash1685
rencounter1689
obtend1697
counteract1708
oppugnate1749
retroact?1761
controvert1782
react1795
to set against ——1859
appose-
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxvi. 27 Ȝif..ȝe heeryn not me, bote gooþ aȝeyns me [L. ambulaveritis contra me], & y shal go aȝeyns ȝow [L. ego incedam adversum vos] in contrarie woodnes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 570/1 I go against nature, or do a thynge contrarye to nature.
1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 111 The smallest thing, that seems..to go against their Interest, is lookt after with a very watchful care.
1755 Universal Mag. June 289/2 Every man of them went against me, and I lost my election.
1794 Freemasons' Mag. Feb. 141 As far as he had read, his extracts went against his own arguments.
1869 H. Businell Women's Suffrage i. 30 Reforms that go against nature.
1878 Scribner's Monthly 16 82/2 How will he ever expect to get the money if he goes against my wishes?
1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland I. viii. 224 Literature..was a thing which went dead against our family traditions.
1971 R. N. Williams New Exiles vi. 201 They knew too..that something was wrong, but they didn't want to go against it.
1992 D. Adams Mostly Harmless iv. 45 He didn't believe in people coming in from New York first thing in the morning. Didn't hold with it. Went against nature.
2015 Times (Nexis) 3 Jan. (Weekend section) 4 The idea of eating fat to lose weight probably goes against everything you think is true.
b. In various phrases expressing the action of opposing or being contrary to natural inclination or feeling. Cf. to go against the grain at grain n.1 16b.
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a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 18 (MED) It goyse agans myn hart full sore.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 89 I will goe against the haire in all thinges.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I1v As it went against my harte to breake any way from you.
1611 J. Maxwell tr. Treasure of Tranquillity v. 34 All things go against their stomacke, all things displease them, whether to bee imployed, or to be idle.
1680 E. Settle Female Prelate v. 65 I tell thee it goes against the grain to pray and pay too, I'll not do't not I.
1733 Craftsman 21 Apr. 213 It goes against my heart to insult the Unfortunate.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. ii. 109 It would go horribly against me to have her come to any Harm. View more context for this quotation
1814 F. Burney Wanderer I. i. iii. 66 It goes against me to think ill of you.
1855 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Jan. 249/1 It went against my heart to resist the young fellow's hearty invitation.
1936 Boys' Life Apr. 29/1 It goes against my conscience to commit an act that might be misinterpreted as murder.
1997 Sight & Sound Sept. 37/1 It goes against the grain to believe that the couple who visited all these misfortunes on him are at heart decent, folksy Americans.
3. intransitive. Esp. of a judgment, decision, or vote: to result unfavourably for or to the disadvantage of.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [verb (transitive)] > result unfavourably to
to go again ——OE
to go against ——a1425
to go hard with1530
a1425 (a1396) R. Maidstone Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms (BL Add. 39574) l. 207 in M. Day Wheatley MS (1921) 28 (MED) I drede thy dome aȝeins me goth.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xv. 40 Ye mater was lykely to go yll agaynst the erle.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 112 Neuer thing prospered with me, but it hath gone against me.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. 231 The accusation prevailed more than compassion, and the matter went against him.
1680 J. Rushworth Tryal Thomas Earl of Strafford 230 The Major Vote went against Sir Robert Meredith.
1716 T. Baston Thoughts on Trade 68 If he cannot Fee an Attorney to appear for him, he shall have Judgment go against him by Default.
1786 Crit. Rev. June 447 The expense, loss of time, and vexation which falls upon him [sc. the distiller], when disputes happen between him and the excise,..are often attended with his ruin, if judgment goes against him.
1845 L. Lee & E. Smith Deb. Gen. Conf. M.E. Church, 1844 334 The decision went against slavery.
1862 Temple Bar 5 25 The case had gone dead against them from the beginning.
1915 Princeton Alumni Weekly 10 Nov. 154/1 The ‘breaks’ of the game..went against Princeton.
1960 M. Spark Bachelors ii. 19 You're going to leave Alice in a nice pickle if the case goes against you.
2006 B. J. Messamore Canada's Governors Gen., 1847–78 v. 80 The vote went against the government by 64 votes to 50.
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