单词 | to reckon with |
释义 | > as lemmasto reckon with (also without) a. to reckon with (also without): to take into (or not take into) account or consideration; to be prepared (or unprepared) for. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] > take into account to reckon with (also without)1622 contemplate1792 reckon1824 discount1828 1622 G. Markham & W. Sampson Herod & Antipater ii. i. sig. E 2 Murder beyond example: but there's left A Hell to reckon with. 1803 M. Hays Female Biogr. V. 434 I shall be their queen, and they will have to reckon with me. 1847 tr. in Times 11 Aug. 6/1 Everywhere Governments are obliged to reckon with that power of ideas, which increases every day. 1896 W. H. Hutton Philip Augustus vi. 182 It might seem..as if the Jews were the only dissenters with whom the king and the church had to reckon. 1902 R. Kipling Five Nations (1903) 63 We reckon not with those Whom the mere Fates ordain. 1945 K. Tynan Let. 5 June (1994) i. 79 I hoped faintly yesterday, reckoning without the indubitable laxity of Scots postal services. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Sept. ii. 1/4 As he turns 40, a man must reckon with harbingers of decay like reading glasses and a recalcitrant belly roll. < as lemmas |
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