| 单词 | to take credit for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (the) credit for (d) to take (the) credit for: often with an implication of injustice to the person truly responsible. ΚΠ 1793 Parl. Reg. Ireland XIII. 210 If you a Protestant House of Commons, mean to give up your power to the Catholics, do so; I shall acquiesce; but do it openly; it may be a magnanimous act, and take the credit for your magnanimity. 1891 S. R. Gardiner Hist. Civil War III. lxiv. 439 He never takes credit for any plan of the kind. 1941 R. Headstrom Adventures with Microscope Introd. p. xiii The Italians..also wanted to take credit for the invention of the compound microscope, for the famous Italian astronomer Galileo also invented such an instrument in 1610. 1973 J. O'Grady Survival in Doghouse 74 I shut up and let Ray take all the credit. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) viii. 242 I don't need some multi-limbed Cosmic Dancer..to take the credit for saving my skin. < as lemmas |
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