单词 | to leave or let severely alone |
释义 | > as lemmasto leave or let severely alone d. to leave or let severely alone: to avoid of set purpose; to pursue a deliberate policy of ignoring or isolating. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > have nothing to do with to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague1699 to steer clear of1723 I wouldn't touch it (also him, her, etc.) with a ten-foot (also forty-foot) pole1838 to have no truck with1866 to leave or let severely alone1880 I wouldn't touch him (or it) with (the end of) a bargepole1890 ice1932 1880 C. S. Parnell Speech 19 Sept. in R. B. O'Brien Life C. S. Parnell (1898) I. 237 You must show him..by leaving him severely alone, by putting him into a moral Coventry..your detestation of the crime he has committed. 1886 Referee 20 June 5 (Cass.) England and her wants..are to be severely let alone. 1898 Dublin Rev. Oct. 276 The question was regarded as quite insoluble, and severely left alone. < as lemmas |
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