| 单词 | to take objection |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take objection 3. The action or an act of challenging or disagreeing with something; protest against or opposition to something; counter-argument. Also in to take objection. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance witherOE wiþerstrencþc1175 withstanding1303 resistancea1325 gainstandinga1340 withsetting1340 resistencec1390 again-standingc1400 resisting1436 repugnance?a1439 gainstandc1470 disstandingc1485 against-standinga1500 repugnancya1500 resist1535 objection1543 reluctation1593 resistment1605 rebeck1609 reluctance1609 reluctancy1613 obluctation1615 redaction1621 resistencya1623 obstrigillation1623 resistal1631 resistancy1656 recalcitration1658 stemc1700 calcitration1867 push-back1984 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 214 The Scottes kynge... Made hym homage without obieccion. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 170 Of argument, because proponing such matter as our aduersarie might obiect and then to answere it our selues, we do vnfurnish and preuent him of such helpe as he would otherwise haue vsed for himselfe: then because such obiection and answere spend much language it serues as well to amplifie and enlarge our tale. 1678 Lively Orac. viii. §26. 315 How curiously do men..embowel a text to find a pretence for cavil and objection. 1794 Trial of J. H. Tooke in T. B. Howell State Trials (1818) XXV. 440 That letter your lordships have received, and, I believe, without any objection from this side of the table. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iii. 42 Yes; it is in two points offensive to me; I have two strong grounds of objection to it. View more context for this quotation 1870 Duke of Argyll Reign of Law (ed. 5) 426 (note) Mr. Mahaffy..has taken objection to the breadth of meaning which I have given..to the word ‘motive’. 1882 R. Adamson in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 803 Bacon with well-grounded objection to much of the Ramist method, expounds the system of logic with unmistakable reference to the Ramist principles. 1916 A. Huxley Let. 10 Mar. (1969) 93 He came before the tribunal the other day to apply for exemption on the grounds of conscientious objection to war. 1924 M. Arlen Green Hat iv. 112 I thought the editor might take objection to certain passages, as there is some strong bedroom stuff in it. 1982 Times 8 Sept. 8/4 In the county of Hereford and Worcester..13 other families are deschooling without official objection. < as lemmas |
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