单词 | to think amiss of |
释义 | > as lemmasto think amiss of P2. to think amiss: to consider (something) to be inappropriate, out of place, impolite, or offensive; to disapprove of. Frequently in negative contexts and often with anticipatory it as object. Also to think amiss of. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be indignant at or resent [verb (transitive)] to take in (also on, to) griefc1325 to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)c1384 to take agrief?a1400 disdaina1513 stomach1523 to take it amiss1530 to have a grudge against (to, at)1531 to think amiss1533 envy1557 to take‥in (the) snuff (or to snuff)1560 to take snuff1565 to take scorn1581 to take indignly1593 to bear (one) upon (also in) the spleen1596 spleena1629 disresent1652 indign1652 miff1797 pin1934 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Pardoner & Frere sig. B.iii Som percase wyll thynke amysse of me. 1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie vi. f. 60 Neyther think they it amisse, for ye son to beare office, when they call to mynd that all his ancestours haue executed ye same offyce aforetime. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 109 Why should you thinke it amisse, that..I should counsaile him to refresh himselfe with a more easie and lesse violent kinde of writing? 1711 J. Addison Spectator 30 Nov. That Narrowness of Temper which inclines us to think amiss of those who differ from our selves. 1793 E. D. Clarke Tour S. Eng. v. 288 Having descended a mile or two, I did not think it amiss to enquire about an exhausted mine that I saw at a distance. 1838 J. F. Cooper Homeward Bound II. x. 145 The Lord forgive me..for thinking amiss of the two dear old people. 1919 A. Safroni-Middleton Gabrielle of Lagoon x. 197 She didn't seem to take the sailors' advances as though she thought them amiss. 1992 J. McBride Frank Capra (2011) iv. 81 Bob Sticht..would not think amiss of Capra being an immigrant. 2001 J. Marillier Child of Prophecy (2002) iii. 84 Perhaps..they would not think it amiss if I retired early to sleep. < as lemmas |
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