单词 | to think badly of |
释义 | > as lemmasto think (also speak) badly of 5. With disapproval; unfavourably. Frequently in to think (also speak) badly of. Cf. ill adv. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adverb] unfavourably1460 frowningly1556 unhappily1623 badly1660 disapprovingly1759 avertedly1867 pejoratively1890 old-fashioned1911 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos i. 15 For if they were so indeed it were not a Bad but a Good, because not a false but a true, and iust opinion to think so Badly as thou speakest of them. a1677 T. Manton 190 Serm. on 119th Psalm (1681) xli. 259 It is Adultery, 'tis a breach of your conjugal vow... We cannot think badly enough of such a sin. 1766 D. Lloyd State-worthies I. 521 Over-boldly you spoke badly of my sovereign, whose sacred person here in this country I represent. 1894 A. Robertson Fra Paolo Sarpi viii. 161 We were able to pull down certain monuments raised against the Jesuits, who were then very badly regarded by the people. 1991 Twenty Twenty Spring 80/1 Many British theatres are..only a couple of badly received productions away from closure. 2007 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 3 Feb. 10 No one would have thought badly of him had he simply withdrawn from the world and concentrated on dealing with his own grief. < as lemmas |
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