单词 | warn off |
释义 | > as lemmasto warn off Const. of, against (Old English and early Middle English wið) or subordinate clause. to warn off: to keep away (from danger) by timely notice.extracted from warnv.1to warn off d. to warn off: to notify (a person) to keep at a distance. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > admonish > to keep away to warn off1842 1842 Ld. Tennyson Love & Duty in Poems (new ed.) II. 85 For Love himself took part against himself To warn us off. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxviii. 279 ‘Pray, Mr. Rouncewell,’ says my Lady, warning Sir Leicester off with the slightest gesture of her pretty hand, as if he were a fly, ‘explain to me what you mean.’ 1858 E. M. Sewell Ursula I. x. 108 He warned her off admirably, not letting her know anything he chose to keep to himself. < as lemmas |
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