单词 | to think the worst |
释义 | > as lemmasto think the worst 5. The harshest view or judgement. Esp. with verbs of judging or speaking, as to think the worst, to say the worst (of a person or thing).See also to make the worst of at Phrases 1e, to take (also wrest) to the worst at Phrases 1f. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > underestimate > the harshest judgement worstc1390 c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 173 A good word no more wol weye Þat hit liþ on ȝor tonge as liht, As þe worste þat ȝe con seye. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 3534 (MED) So are þese bakbyters wunne, Þey seye þe werst þat þey kunne. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 4978 (MED) A purpose cast shuld nat be..Nor spoke a-brood amonges folkes rude; For gladly ay þe werst þei conclude Of euery þing. a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) i. xvii. f. 14 (MED) He is..an open lyere and actour of alle falsheed & vntrowthe, euermore redi to don & say the werste. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxix. 20 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 194 Let Princes talk, And talk their worst of me. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 151 She's my good Lady; and will concieue, I hope But the worst of me. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 63 I hold my selfe greatly injured of such as judge of me rather the worst than the best. 1725 A. Pope Let. 10 Dec. in Lit. Corr. (1737) V. 69 Many others whom you do not think the worst of will be gratified by it. 1791 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. (1972) I. 49 She thinks the worst, & judges the most severely of all mankind, of any person I have ever known. 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. ix. 2 The worst he can venture to say is, that it is ridiculous. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. (1961) xiv. 166 This..is simply part and parcel of your usual willingness to think the worst you possibly can of us poor dubs in Gopher Prairie. 1987 Atlantic Mar. 64/1 To the utter dismay of many traditional players of the game, some of the new generation of Sherlockians seemed to delight in thinking the worst of Holmes and Watson. 2015 Jrnl. Econ. Perspectives 29 74 Many of the arguments..assume the worst about researchers: they are inherently biased and data mine as much as possible until they find results. < as lemmas |
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