| 释义 |
outˈbuy, v.
[out- 18, 15.]
trans. To outdo or beat in buying; † to buy at a price beyond the value; † to buy out or off, to pay to be rid of (obs.).
1608Chapman Byron's Consp. Plays 1873 II. 234 He that winnes Empire with the losse of faith Out-buies it. 1616Sir T. Roe Jrnl. 10 Aug. (1899) 228 They [Dutch] would both out-present, out-bribe, and out-buy vs in all things. 1634Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iv. xv, The wand and the sheet are for poor offenders, the great either outface or out⁓buy their shame. |