| 单词 | to have much to answer for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have much (also a lot, etc.) to answer for (b) intransitive. colloquial. to have much (also a lot, etc.) to answer for: to be to blame for or guilty of many things. ΚΠ 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1682/2 He that vseth not his owne [desire] well and charitably, hath muche to answere for. 1600 Maydes Metamorphosis iii. i. sig. E1v Your maisters haue much to answere for, that bring ye vp so wickedly. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. i. 12 We that haue good wits, haue much to answer for. View more context for this quotation 1659 R. Yearwood Penitent Murdererer (ed. 5) 61 And certainly were that due care taken in reference to the education of youth, which God in his holy word requires, and which every Christian Parent and Master is bound to observe, Parents would not have so much to answer for. 1711 J. Swift in Examiner 1 No. 38 As to that mighty Error in Politicks, they charge upon the Qu—, for changing Her Ministry in the Heighth of a War. I suppose it is only look'd upon as an Error under a Whigish Administration; otherwise, the late King has much to answer for, who did it pretty frequently. 1763 S. Greenaway Addr. Honest Eng. Hearts 58 The Party however, whose unjust ambition begins the fray, has a great deal to answer for. 1822 Republican 8 Feb. 171 You have many things to answer for, so take warning and reform before the final visitation comes. 1875 A. W. Drayson Gentleman Cadet iv. 54 Poor fellow! your friends have got a lot to answer for! 1896 Daily News 3 Apr. 5/6 The dull monotony of institutional life..has much to answer for in the evil habits contracted by these girls. 1960 J. S. Whale Victor & Victim iii. 57 Ecclesiastical art manufacturers have much to answer for: those pictures of the crucified Christ, for example, the tear-filled eyes lifting their pathetic appeal to heaven. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xv. 103 She has a lot to answer for, Mrs Costello. < as lemmas |
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