| 单词 | to tempt the worst |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tempt the worst c. to tempt (the storm, flood, sea, etc.): to adventure oneself in or upon; to risk the perils of. (Cf. attempt v. 2) Chiefly poetic. Also to tempt the worst, tempt reprisals, etc. ΚΠ 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 404 Who shall tempt with wandring feet The dark unbottom'd infinite Abyss..? View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 100 The first to lead the Way, to tempt the Flood . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 113 Nor tempt th' inclemency of Heav'n abroad. View more context for this quotation 1703 N. Rowe Ulysses iv. i Know'st thou what 'tis to tempt a Rage like mine? 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 17 Tempt Icy Seas, where scarce the Waters roll. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 28 I will tempt the worst at once. 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson III. lii. 228 [They] preferred to tempt the rigors of the mountain rather than remain in their own dwellings. < as lemmas |
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