| 单词 | to throw over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw over to throw over 1. transitive. To break (a commitment); to break off relations with (a romantic partner, a friend, etc.); to abandon, give up. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert or deny a person forsakea1300 refusec1350 nitec1390 swerve1390 relinquish1472 relinque1483 renounce1582 to fling off1587 derelicta1631 relapse1633 plant1743 to throw over1835 chuck up (the sponge)1878 ditch1899 ruck1903 to run out on1912 to walk out1921 squib1938 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise runOE withdraw1340 waivec1386 to pass from (also of, fro)c1449 recoil1481 to go back1530 recant1585 resile1641 shirk1778 renegea1849 slink1853 welsh1870 to throw over1891 1835 C. Dickens Let. 5 Nov. (1965) I. 88 I will throw the Bell's Life over, altogether. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney II. iii. 186 I was satisfied that Emma had thrown me over. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. vi. 163 (note) Mr. Freeman..throws over the latter part of Palgrave's theory. 1890 T. F. Tout in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. III. 27 They threw over their allies. 1891 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray iii. 62 ‘Are you disengaged Tuesday?’ ‘For you I would throw over anybody, Duchess.’ 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman i. 40 Tavy will kiss; and you will only turn the cheek. And you will throw him over if anybody better turns up. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber x. 146 He had another engagement, and though I urged him not to throw it over when I heard that, he really insisted on coming. 1959 K. Tynan Let. 18 Aug. (1994) iv. 246 A strange plump bearded man..came to Spain to write a book.., saw Ordóñez and Domingúin, threw over his project and has since pursued the two matadors across Spain. 1973 Guardian 27 Nov. 14/5 His wife..throws over bourgeois convention for a life of nomadic eccentric uncertainty. 2002 F. Shteyngart in Granta Summer 215 Believe me, she'd throw you over as soon as someone more attractive came along. ΚΠ 1851 [implied in: J. Pycroft Cricket Field x. 196 Throwing over does sometimes answer; but a cunning runner will get in your way. (at throwing over n. at throwing n.2 Compounds 1)]. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 388 Jack Raggles is furious, and begins throwing over savagely to the further wicket. 1867 G. H. Selkirk Guide to Cricket Ground v. 89 He [sc. the long stop] should never throw over to the bowler unless desired. 1921 G. R. C. Harris Few Short Runs iv. 102 I..ran out two men from long-stop by throwing over to the bowler. < as lemmas |
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