单词 | to preach up |
释义 | > as lemmasto preach up c. transitive. to preach up: to commend, extol, or support by preaching; to speak in praise of. to preach down: to decry or oppose by preaching; to speak against; to put down or silence by preaching. Cf. talk v. 9a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > by preaching to preach up1641 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (transitive)] > by preaching to preach down1641 1641 Preparative to Studie 4 If I be once inflam'd against thy Foes That would preach down thy worth in small-beer-prose. 1644 J. Goodwin Θεομαχια 10 [He] preacheth error up, and truth downe. 1656 D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) I. 212 To preach up the glory of God's free grace. 1679 T. Hobbes Behemoth 167 The Presbyterian Preachers..by a long practis'd Histrionick Faculty, preached up the Rebellion powerfully. 1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. Pref. 56 Preaching down the receiv'd notions both of Jews and Gentiles. 1741 H. Fielding Shamela Pref. A little Book..of which..no doubt, you have already heard mention..for we have made it our common Business here, not only to cry it up, but to preach it up likewise. 1750 J. Mayhew Disc. Submission 51 These gentlemen generally preach down the doctrine of the imputation of Adam's sin to his posterity, as absurd and unreasonable. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 190 It is easy to preach up fasting, upon a full stomach. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 279 Thou thyself shalt preach up the pardoning of injuries. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud x. iii, in Maud & Other Poems 37 Last week came one to the county town, To preach our poor little army down. 1896 Jewish Chron. 15 May 10/1 I would ask them..to consider whether Zionism..really deserves to be preached down as a standing danger to Israel's progress. 1966 C. Hill Cent. of Revol. 14 A series of new canons which ordered the clergy to preach up the Divine Right of Kings. 1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour v. 136 It has been preached down as a vanity, and as something leading to the knacker's yard. 2005 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 23 June He could laugh off a hoax and preach down a dictator. < as lemmas |
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