| 单词 | to take sitting down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (something) sitting down b. intransitive. to take (something) sitting down and variants: to accept or tolerate (something, esp. a setback, defeat, etc.) submissively, without complaint or reprisal; to acquiesce to. Cf. sense 5. Cf. also to take (a beating, defeat, etc.) lying down at lie v.1 Phrasal verbs.Usually in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] to turn the other cheek1529 to go down like ninepins1791 to take (a beating, defeat, etc.) lying down1888 to take (something) sitting down1899 1899 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner 12 May 2/6 Please don't imagine every bikist [= cyclist] will submit to indignities..; some take it sitting down, others look for gore. 1917 Living Age 10 Nov. 351/1 The enemy front line and their reserve lines received a fearful pounding... The enemy, of course, did not take this sitting down, and very soon his guns began to pound away at our trenches. 1961 J. Carlova & O. Ruggles Healing Heart iv. 57 A rebel is a fighter. He doesn't accept defeat sitting down. He gets up and fights back. 2005 Nation 14 Feb. 13/1 We Democrats can't take this sitting down. We have to stand up..and figure out how we build this back into a majority party. < as lemmas |
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