| 单词 | against the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagainst the world P19. against the world: in opposition to or in the face of all humankind; (hence) against all opposition, †in preference to everything else (obsolete). Cf. against all the world at Phrases 6b(a).See also Phrases 6b. [After post-classical Latin adversus mundum (1525 in the passage translated in quot. 1537).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > to everyone or everything against the world1537 contra mundum1766 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choice [phrase] > by preference > in preference to everything else against the world1690 1537 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus Comparation Vyrgin & Martyr f. 21 It is also a sure thynge, trusting faythfully in hym, to rise and rebelle agaynst the worlde [L. aduersus mundum], whiche braggyngly shewethe forthe his delectable pleasures. 1606 Returne from Pernassus i. ii What Monsier Kynsader, lifting vp your legge and pissing against the world. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 120 But yesterday, the word of Cæsar might Haue stood against the World . View more context for this quotation 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 531 I am for the woods against the World, i.e. before any thing. 1722 H. Carey Hanging & Marriage vi. 28 Why 'tis the Dead-man's Wedding; we mun be merry now against the World! 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 7 Feb. (1939) 92 As a lion-catcher, I could pit her against the world. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 231 There will I..hold thee with my life against the world. 1919 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 17 Mar. 3/4 Ireland for seven centuries has stood up against the world, against the pride of the world, the riches of the world. 2007 GQ (U.K. ed.) Apr. 158/3 You've got to have some talent but you've really got to believe in yourself. You get in the trenches and it's you against the world. < as lemmas |
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