英语词汇“to know better”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to know better (formerly also †better things): to be wiser, more discerning, or more prudent, or have better manners, than to do something. Also without comparative clause, esp. with should or ought to.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be sensible [phrase] > increase in sense

to know better (formerly also better things)a1680

to grow up1951

a1680 Ld. Holles Considerations Prelates i. 218 in Let. to Friend (1682) But for the penning of Records, both Mr. Hunt and Mr. W. know better, than to think the Clerks in those times stuffed them with Tautologies.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cii. 97 One would have thought you had known Better Things, then to Expect a Kindness from a Common Enemy.

1732 Vanelia ii. i. 21 You and I know better, than to think that a fine young Lady is in love with Age and Impotence.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. vii. 180 Come, come, mistress! one of your trade should know better things, than to ask for money back again!

1788 J. Skinner Eccl. Hist. Scotl. II. lix. 678 That a serious respect to, and diligent study of, the language..should be despised and scoffed at by those who ought to know better.

1831 W. Youatt Horse viii. 123 Glanders have often been confounded with strangles, and by those who ought to have known better.

1872 Punch 24 Feb. 78/2 Some persons who should know better than to talk nonsense.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 431 Nothing to blame themselves in, except not having known better.

1939 L. Yutang Moment in Peking i. i. 5 The elder maid..was silently smiling, being secretly glad that she had known better than to overdress.

1990 T. Robbins Skinny Legs & All 177 People who ought to know better were delighted with his upbeat redneck manners, his muscles, his aloha shirts and new red beret.

2000 R. J. Evans Entertainment xii. 175 It was like a deep sea, where all was calm, but you knew better than to take chances with it.

单词	to know better
释义	> as lemmas to know better (formerly also †better things) c. to know better (formerly also †better things): to be wiser, more discerning, or more prudent, or have better manners, than to do something. Also without comparative clause, esp. with should or ought to. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be sensible [phrase] > increase in sense to know better (formerly also better things)a1680 to grow up1951 a1680 Ld. Holles Considerations Prelates i. 218 in Let. to Friend (1682) But for the penning of Records, both Mr. Hunt and Mr. W. know better, than to think the Clerks in those times stuffed them with Tautologies. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cii. 97 One would have thought you had known Better Things, then to Expect a Kindness from a Common Enemy. 1732 Vanelia ii. i. 21 You and I know better, than to think that a fine young Lady is in love with Age and Impotence. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. vii. 180 Come, come, mistress! one of your trade should know better things, than to ask for money back again! 1788 J. Skinner Eccl. Hist. Scotl. II. lix. 678 That a serious respect to, and diligent study of, the language..should be despised and scoffed at by those who ought to know better. 1831 W. Youatt Horse viii. 123 Glanders have often been confounded with strangles, and by those who ought to have known better. 1872 Punch 24 Feb. 78/2 Some persons who should know better than to talk nonsense. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 431 Nothing to blame themselves in, except not having known better. 1939 L. Yutang Moment in Peking i. i. 5 The elder maid..was silently smiling, being secretly glad that she had known better than to overdress. 1990 T. Robbins Skinny Legs & All 177 People who ought to know better were delighted with his upbeat redneck manners, his muscles, his aloha shirts and new red beret. 2000 R. J. Evans Entertainment xii. 175 It was like a deep sea, where all was calm, but you knew better than to take chances with it. extracted from knowv. < as lemmas
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