单词 | to go against nature |
释义 | > as lemmasto go against nature 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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