单词 | to go on record |
释义 | > as lemmasto go on record b. Originally U.S. to go on record: to state one's opinion openly or officially, esp. so that it is formally recorded (frequently with as introducing the stated opinion). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (intransitive)] > one's opinion or position opena1382 to show one's mind1492 to speak one's mindc1500 to speak (also give) one's sense1646 position1647 to declare for1669 explain1709 to come out1836 to go on record1867 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion, opine [verb (intransitive)] > express an opinion suppose1387 opinec1450 to go on record1867 1867 Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 25 Mar. 1/3 In the Senate only seven went on record against it. 1871 Nat. Q. Rev. June 159 The Mayor is not willing to go on record without a protest in behalf of posterity against the want of foresight and generosity which so many of the tax-payers of to-day display. 1911 M. Parton & C. Manning in C. E. Persons et al. Labor Laws 53 The House went on record as favorable to the resolution. The State nonconcurred. 1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 10/4 President Parsons of Woolworths has also gone on record with the statement that [etc.]. 1975 J. Grady Shadow of Condor vii. 116 I've hardly heard anything of what's being done..and I would like to go on record right now to that effect. 1994 Nature 24 Mar. 291/2 Several authors went on record as predicting that only a single allele would be found to account for the Ashkenazim's high frequency of Tay–Sachs or Gaucher disease. 2003 K. Kwei-Armah Elmina's Kitchen i. i. 18 The brothers go on record saying they murdered their parents ‘for the hell of it’. < as lemmas |
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