英语词汇“to throw up one's hands”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to throw up one's hands.

(a) To raise one's hands in a gesture of submission to someone; to surrender. Chiefly in imperative. Also occasionally to throw up one's arms. Cf. hands up int. 2, stick 'em up! at stick v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare.In quot. 2008 in a work of historical fiction.

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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > call upon to surrender

summon?1473

to throw up one's hands1724

1724 Hist. Remarkable Life J. Sheppard 25 Langley..Dismounting with Pistol in Hand, commands Page to throw up his Hands, which he trembling did, begging for Life.

1878 Brisbane Courier 19 Dec. Throw up your arms, I'm Ned Kelly.

1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 37 He was suddenly aware of a horse galloping rapidly up behind him, and heard a shout: ‘Throw up your hands!’

1924 Collier's 12 Jan. 36/3 Get away from him now, you mister with a beard... Throw up your hands, you!

2008 T. Evans Longarm & Pecos Promenade 177 Throw up your hands. You're all under arrest.

(b) figurative. To display or express horror, despair, frustration, etc.; (in later use also) to disclaim responsibility.

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1884 T. Whittaker Life's Battles in Temperance Armour xxxiii. 345 It is never well to throw up our hands and give up as lost because of difficulties desperate and troubles overwhelming.

1920 Amer. Machinist 52 818/2 After two very trying years, I threw up my hands and swore ‘Never again’.

1989 L. Zolf Scorpions for Sale xxxii. 191 The canvasser would then set an absurdly high price the sucker couldn't afford, the sucker would balk, and the canvasser would throw up his hands and say it was up to the branch manager to decide on a price.

2012 Independent 27 Nov. 15/4 But each time the floodplain serves its proper purpose..insurers throw up their hands,..and much of the cost is transferred to the taxpayer.

单词	to throw up one's hands
释义	> as lemmas to throw up one's hands b. to throw up one's hands. (a) To raise one's hands in a gesture of submission to someone; to surrender. Chiefly in imperative. Also occasionally to throw up one's arms. Cf. hands up int. 2, stick 'em up! at stick v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare.In quot. 2008 in a work of historical fiction. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > call upon to surrender summon?1473 to throw up one's hands1724 1724 Hist. Remarkable Life J. Sheppard 25 Langley..Dismounting with Pistol in Hand, commands Page to throw up his Hands, which he trembling did, begging for Life. 1878 Brisbane Courier 19 Dec. Throw up your arms, I'm Ned Kelly. 1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 37 He was suddenly aware of a horse galloping rapidly up behind him, and heard a shout: ‘Throw up your hands!’ 1924 Collier's 12 Jan. 36/3 Get away from him now, you mister with a beard... Throw up your hands, you! 2008 T. Evans Longarm & Pecos Promenade 177 Throw up your hands. You're all under arrest. (b) figurative. To display or express horror, despair, frustration, etc.; (in later use also) to disclaim responsibility. ΚΠ 1884 T. Whittaker Life's Battles in Temperance Armour xxxiii. 345 It is never well to throw up our hands and give up as lost because of difficulties desperate and troubles overwhelming. 1920 Amer. Machinist 52 818/2 After two very trying years, I threw up my hands and swore ‘Never again’. 1989 L. Zolf Scorpions for Sale xxxii. 191 The canvasser would then set an absurdly high price the sucker couldn't afford, the sucker would balk, and the canvasser would throw up his hands and say it was up to the branch manager to decide on a price. 2012 Independent 27 Nov. 15/4 But each time the floodplain serves its proper purpose..insurers throw up their hands,..and much of the cost is transferred to the taxpayer. extracted from throwv.¹ < as lemmas
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