| 单词 | to put upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put upon —— to put upon —— 1. transitive. = to put on —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. Chiefly (now only) reflexive. Frequently in to put oneself upon one's (also the) country (see country n. 7). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > commit oneself to the verdict of to put on ——a1425 to put upon ——a1470 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 165 Yondir is a knyght..Lette hit be putt uppon hym, and as he demeth hit, so shall hit be. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxiii. 83 Thou..hast beene endicted of such a felonie and thereof arraigned, thou hast pleaded not guiltie, and put thy selfe vpon God and thy Countrie, they haue found thee guiltie. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides (1679) 110 And for his Tryal hath put himself upon God and the Countrey, which Countrey you are. 1793 ‘A Barrister at Law’ Treat. Law & Proc. Cases High Treason iv. 118 A peer cannot waive his trial by peers, and put himself upon the country, that is upon twelve freeholders. 1811 W. Scott in Misc. Prose Wks. (1835) XVII. xii. 307 The verses prefixed announce a determination in the author to step out of the common road of composition, and to put himself upon his country for the issue of his trespass. 1965 Times 7 Dec. 13/3 In criminal offences a man has the right to ‘put himself upon the country’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > urgently or persistently pressa1425 instandc1450 to put at ——1534 importune1548 push1595 to put upon ——a1617 drum1833 what-the-hell1924 opportune1941 a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 21 It were time for us, by prayer, to put upon our master-pilot, Jesus, and to cry, ‘Master, save us; we perish’. 1630 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. vii. 54 It were time for us, by prayer, to put upon our master-pilot Jesus, and to cry, ‘Master, save us: we perish.’ 3. intransitive (a) To impose on, take advantage of (a person), to victimize. †(b) To play a joke or trick on (a person), to fool, dupe Obsolete.Chiefly in prepositional passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > trick, hoax [verb (transitive)] jape1362 bejape1377 play1562 jugglea1592 dally1595 trick1595 bore1602 jadea1616 to fool off1631 top1663 whiska1669 hocus1675 to put a sham upon1677 sham1677 fun?1685 to put upon ——1687 rig1732 humbug1750 hum1751 to run a rig1764 hocus-pocus1774 cram1794 hoax1796 kid1811 string1819 to play off1821 skylark1823 frisk1825 stuff1844 lark1848 kiddy1851 soap1857 to play it (on)1864 spoof1889 to slip (something) over (on)1912 cod1941 to pull a person's chain1975 game1996 society > authority > strictness > make more strict or severe [verb (transitive)] > exact too much from exact1564 to put upon ——1857 1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 237 She bid him furnish himself with all he wanted;..but he fear'd himself put upon, which..made him less consider than he would perhaps otherwise have done. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia iii. i. 47 He shall use me no more like a Dog: he shall put upon me no longer. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. i. 24 Sir Joseph has found out your Trick, and does not care to be put upon. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. vi. 113 [He] advised him not to carry the Jest too far, for he would not endure being put upon . View more context for this quotation 1748 C. Dibdin Lionel & Clarissa ii. ii. 28 I'm come of people that won'd'nt see me put upon; there are those that wou'd take my part against the proudest he in the land. c1830 M. M. Sherwood Houlston Tracts III. lxxxi. 10 I was so far up to Anne Simpson, that..I would not be put upon by her. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. ii. 54 ‘I should not have fancied Miss Harvey the sort of person to set up herself in defiance of me.’ ‘The more reason, Sir, if you'll forgive me, for your not putting upon her.’ 1890 Mrs. H. Wood House of Halliwell II. iii. 58 You remember..how she used to put upon me. 1910 E. H. Cooper Newmarket Squire 52 The French maid was very old, the English cook young and gay and strongly opposed to being ‘put upon’. 1990 J. Y. Brooks Guests of Emperor i. xxv. 304 She felt both frightened and put upon. 2006 Company Nov. 220/2 Someone who owes you big time tries to put upon you yet again, but don't let them. < as lemmas |
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