| 单词 | what have i done to deserve this? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat have I done to deserve this? P10. what have I (also we, etc.) done to deserve, what did I (also we, etc.) do to deserve (something unwanted, unpleasant, etc.): used to express despair or frustration at having to endure a specified circumstance, person, etc., with the implication that one is being punished unjustly or malevolently. Also sometimes used in positive contexts to express surprise, joy, delight, etc., at (seemingly) unearned success, honour, or good fortune. Frequently in what have I done to deserve this? ΚΠ 1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer vi. 480 This grieueth them, they wonder at it, and thinke what haue they done to deserue this alteration. 1607 S. Rowlands Diogines Lanthorne sig. A3 Alas poore Vertue, what hast thou done to deserue this contempt? 1702 T. Brown tr. G. B. Gelli Circe iii. 69 Oh my untoward destiny! what have I done to deserve this Unhappiness? 1763 ‘North Briton’ Let. to Author of North Briton 31 What has lord Bute done to deserve such uncommon persecution? 1802 H. Blair Serm. 364 One of the first questions, which, in such a situation, he puts to himself, is, What have I done to deserve this? 1821 Morning Chron. 12 Oct. 3/1 ‘Ah!’ he exclaimed, ‘how delightful it is to be so beloved! and what have I done to deserve it?’ 1922 D. G. Mackail Bill the Bachelor vii. 340 What, Bill asked himself, had he ever done to deserve such a wonderful friend as George had always been to him? 1967 J. Speight Till Death us do Part (1973) 77 Oh God, what have I done to deserve this, why me? 1989 C. Harkness Time of Grace xi. 189 What a pestilential man. What ever did I do to deserve him? 2013 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Oct. 9 I cried for days and couldn't sleep. I kept asking myself, ‘Why are they picking on me? What have I done to deserve this?’ < as lemmas |
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