| 单词 | to keep to the record |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep to the record b. to keep to the record: to consider only matters contained in the legal record; (in extended use) to stick to the subject. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)] > keep to the subject to keep to the record1836 1836 Deb. on ‘Modern Abolitionism’ iii. 71 He demanded that he should be kept to the record—that he should speak directly to the charge made against him. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xviii. 298 Never mind what you..longed for..keep to the record. 1895 Rep. & Proc. Senate Comm. to investigate Police N.Y. 834 We have kept to the record. 1936 C. Rourke Audubon xv. 304 For the most part he kept to the record. 2005 R. McLeish Radio Production (ed. 5) xx. 264 A programme dealing with a murder trial, for example, must keep to the record. < as lemmas |
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