单词 | faith-breaking |
释义 | > as lemmasfaith-breaking faith-breaking n. and adj. ΚΠ 1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration f. lviii What caste you him in the teth with faith breaking [L. fidei violationem]? ?1600 Earl of Essex Apologie sig. Div How easie it will be for a faith breaking enemie to confiscate all our countrimens goodes. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. vii. 174 The very instant of her faith-breaking. 1783 C. J. Fox Substance Speech E. India Bill 32 To hear a Minister of this Country talk of fearing a war with that faith-breaking Nation. 1858 Househ. Words 9 Jan. 92/2 The cry of faith-breaking would not meet with a response in this part of the world. 1997 Vanity Fair Aug. 61/3 And the whole cringe-making, faith-breaking thing of it was that the Indians didn't even want to use their passports to go to London. < as lemmas |
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