单词 | to take care of |
释义 | > as lemmasto take care of b. Hence to have the care of, etc. to take care of: to look after (see to look after —— 4a at look v. Phrasal verbs 2); to deal with, provide for, dispose of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)] lookeOE heeda1225 recka1225 intendc1374 curec1384 observec1390 fandc1425 to see unto ——a1470 wake1525 regard1526 tend1549 study1557 foresee1565 beware1566 to have the care of1579 reckon1622 mind1740 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] hold971 yemeOE biwitc1000 keepa1325 wait1362 tentc1400 attendc1420 to take guard1426 tend?1521 to have the care of1579 to have, take, give (the) charge of1611 mind1640 to have, take in charge1665 tutor1682 attend1796 shepherda1822 mother1851 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after yknowOE knowlOE to care forc1230 bihedec1250 beseec1300 to look to ——c1300 seea1325 await1393 observea1425 procurea1425 to look after ——1487 to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500 regard1526 to see after ——1544 to look unto ——1545 attendc1572 to take care of1579 curea1618 tend1631 to look over ——1670 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 363/2 O Lorde..I thanke thee, for that thou vouchsafest to haue care vppon so wretched a creature as I am. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke x. 32 [He] brought him into an Inne, and tooke care of him. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 2 It doth certainely belong vnto Kings to haue care of Religion. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxiii. 240 I desired this Waiting-woman to have a Care on him. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 37. ¶4 She has no Children to take care of. 1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 6 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1051 I recommend to you to take care of minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. 1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 6 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1051 I knew, once, a very covetous, sordid fellow [sc. William Lowndes, secretary of the Treasury, 1696–1724], who used frequently to say, ‘Take care of the pence; for the pounds will take care of themselves’. 1762 J. Boswell Jrnl. 31 Dec. in London Jrnl. (1950) 113 She mentioned one consequence that in an affair of gallantry might be troublesome... ‘Why, to be sure, if such a person should appear, he must be taken care of.’ 1801 T. Jefferson Let. 18 Sept. in Wks. (1905) IX. 305 We are bound to take care of them. Could we not procure them as good births [sic] as their former at least, in some of the custom-houses? 1816 J. Austen Emma II. xvi. 309 Young ladies should take care of themselves.—Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their complexion. View more context for this quotation 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 50 She had the care of Lady Ida's youth. 1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. ii. 22 Things left to take care of themselves inevitably decay. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 167 You take care of your money. 1925 Ladies' Home Jrnl. May 26/2 ‘Never mind, ma. I'll take care of them,’ put in Edd. 1926 Publishers' Weekly 22 May 1709/2 Such an information desk should take care of all inquiries regarding books and reading. 1930 Publishers' Weekly 31 May 2728 The budget..was not sufficient to take care of the increasing expenses. 1931 H. F. Pringle Theodore Roosevelt i. xiv. 198 He..found himself besieged with petitions for jobs... It was impossible to take care of all of them. 1932 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 421/2 Money..which would enable him to take care of all arrears on the property. 1959 Listener 9 Apr. 628/1 That little problem had been taken care of. < as lemmas |
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