单词 | to take warning |
释义 | > as lemmasto take warning c. to take warning: to alter one's course of action when warned of its danger. Const. by (another's ill-fortune, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > be vigilant or on one's guard [verb (intransitive)] > take warning to take warning1550 to give (also take, raise) the alarm1570 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Civv An example thou shalt be That all stouburne priestes may take warnyng by the. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. i. 26 He wold embrace no counsell, take no warning by my comming. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 61 I think it is well that they hang so near the High-way that others may see and take warning . View more context for this quotation 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 81 Girl, for I see you scorn my courtesies, Take warning. < as lemmas |
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