| 单词 | to run after |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run after —— to run after —— 1. intransitive. To follow or take up with (something) eagerly, enthusiastically, or impulsively. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > be zealous for [verb (transitive)] to run after ——c1422 zeal1542 to throw one's heart (also soul, energy, etc.) into1807 to go mad (about, for, over, etc.)1850 to be shook on1888 to be hepped on1926 c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) in Minor Poems (1970) i. 175 All the wittes rennen aftir synne. 1487 W. Caxton tr. J. Legrand Bk. Good Maners iv. xiv. sig. gvijv As the heuen torneth, semblably our lyf renneth after it wythoute cessyng and wythout restyng. 1593 R. S. Phœnix Nest 66 Run after hopes that mocke thee with retire. 1611 Bible (King James) Jude 11 Wo vnto them, for they..ranne greedily after the errour of Balaam for reward, and perished. View more context for this quotation 1652 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 5) 54 That English itch of running after fashions. 1706 tr. L. Liger Compl. Florist in tr. F. Gentil Le Jardinier Solitaire 384 How often..have I neglected a real Merit, to run after a false Appearance of Desert? 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little 154 [Her] thoughts ran wholly after..operas, Masquerades, Ridottas, and the like. 1823 J. Keble Serm. (1848) iii. 44 To prevent their running blindly after any doctrine, which might please their ear. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 109 Frederick and the whole nobility ran after the poorer operas of the fashionable favourite. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xix. 358 You're one of those half-insane, perverted women who must run after depravity. 1963 S. Plath Bell Jar iii. 30 After nineteen years of running after food marks and prizes and grants..I was letting up, slowing down, dropping clean out of the race. 2003 D. M. Aycock & M. Sutton Still God's Man 77 Those who truly lose weight don't run after every fad diet or the latest food craze. 2. intransitive. To endeavour to gain the companionship or society of, or bestow one's admiration and loyalty upon (a person); (in later use esp.) to seek the company of (a potential romantic or sexual partner). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb (transitive)] > pursue with admiration to run after ——a1529 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gi I am so lusty to loke on..That nonnes wyll leue theyr holynes and ryn after me. 1542 T. Becon Dauids Harpe sig. l.jv A good, honeste, and faythfull wyfe..hath no pleasure to ronne after other men. 1603 R. Parsons Let. 6 July in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1906) 2 214 All this courte rane after him. 1668 T. Manton Let. in Reliquiae Baxterianae (1696) iii. 37 The riffle raffle of the people were not of such Consideration, they being apt to run after every new Teacher. 1738 S. Whatley tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Mem. III. 269 The Eagerness of the People to run after him was soon abated; they began in a short time after his Arrival, to be indifferent whether they saw him or not. 1767 G. A. Stevens French Flogged iv. 10 They told me..that all the women there would run after an Irishman. 1802 M. Charlton tr. A. La Fontaine Reprobate II. 156 When she found that her daughter was being run after by all our idle young men, she..went away. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 164 Every one runs after him—men, women, and children. 1913 W. Cather O Pioneers! v. i. 284 Emil was a good boy, and only bad boys ran after married women. 1995 G. Kamani Junglee Girl (1996) 140 So many girls have been running after him, literally hundreds of them. Who can blame them? < as lemmas |
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