英语词汇“it would serve right”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to serve (a person) right: to punish or treat (a person who commits an offence or behaves foolishly or unreasonably) appropriately; (later also with non-personal subject) to be the deserved punishment or misfortune of (a person), esp. in it serves (you, them, etc.) right, it would serve (you, etc.) right. In earliest use in passive.

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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > deserve well or ill > get one's deserts

to sow the wind and reap the whirlwindc1384

to drink to one's oysters1470

to serve (a person) right1587

to get the wissel of one's groat1721

to get one's fairing1787

to get one's bitters1812

to get one's faring1846

come1896

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > give one his deserts

to serve (a person) right1587

to give (a person) his or her fairing1818

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) i. Iago f. 42 This sleeper..Which for his slouthfull sinne was serued right.

1607 R. C. in tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders To Rdr. sig. A3^v If he laugh them to scorne, and deride their dreames and dotages, he serues them but right.

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xx. 419 What think you, Sir, Were not these Villains right served?

1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 32 They serv'd you right enough! will you never have done with your Horse-play?

1773 C. Dibdin Deserter ii. vi. 31 Jen. I shall see his ghost every night. Sim. And it serves you right.

?1788 in Agitation (new ed.) I. 151 It would serve you right to let you be taken in.

1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon x in Fraser's Mag. May 551/2 The good old days in Europe, before the cowardice of the French aristocracy (in the shameful Revolution, which served them right) brought discredit and ruin upon our order.

1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 99 Confound the fellow!..it would serve him right if they tossed him.

1894 Golden Days 13 Jan. 115/4 No method bad is this, which can Make wife beaters quail in fright, For such treatment serves him right.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxi. 86 ‘It would serve you right if I told him,’ said Mr. Carey.

1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1027/1 The old Catholic families..were served right for the Marian persecutions.

1960 P. D. East Magnolia Jungle vii. 36 I was served right for having not paid heed to my instructions.

1968 Guardian 18 Jan. 19/3 If complacency was responsible for Arsenal's lapse and the defence's unforced errors, then it served them right.

2014 Philippines Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 3 Apr. Instead of an award, Capa got a dressing down which served him right.

单词	it would serve right
释义	> as lemmas it would serve (you, etc.) right a. to serve (a person) right: to punish or treat (a person who commits an offence or behaves foolishly or unreasonably) appropriately; (later also with non-personal subject) to be the deserved punishment or misfortune of (a person), esp. in it serves (you, them, etc.) right, it would serve (you, etc.) right. In earliest use in passive. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > deserve well or ill > get one's deserts to sow the wind and reap the whirlwindc1384 to drink to one's oysters1470 to serve (a person) right1587 to get the wissel of one's groat1721 to get one's fairing1787 to get one's bitters1812 to get one's faring1846 come1896 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > give one his deserts to serve (a person) right1587 to give (a person) his or her fairing1818 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) i. Iago f. 42 This sleeper..Which for his slouthfull sinne was serued right. 1607 R. C. in tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders To Rdr. sig. A3^v If he laugh them to scorne, and deride their dreames and dotages, he serues them but right. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xx. 419 What think you, Sir, Were not these Villains right served? 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 32 They serv'd you right enough! will you never have done with your Horse-play? 1773 C. Dibdin Deserter ii. vi. 31 Jen. I shall see his ghost every night. Sim. And it serves you right. ?1788 in Agitation (new ed.) I. 151 It would serve you right to let you be taken in. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon x in Fraser's Mag. May 551/2 The good old days in Europe, before the cowardice of the French aristocracy (in the shameful Revolution, which served them right) brought discredit and ruin upon our order. 1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 99 Confound the fellow!..it would serve him right if they tossed him. 1894 Golden Days 13 Jan. 115/4 No method bad is this, which can Make wife beaters quail in fright, For such treatment serves him right. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxi. 86 ‘It would serve you right if I told him,’ said Mr. Carey. 1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1027/1 The old Catholic families..were served right for the Marian persecutions. 1960 P. D. East Magnolia Jungle vii. 36 I was served right for having not paid heed to my instructions. 1968 Guardian 18 Jan. 19/3 If complacency was responsible for Arsenal's lapse and the defence's unforced errors, then it served them right. 2014 Philippines Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 3 Apr. Instead of an award, Capa got a dressing down which served him right. extracted from servev.¹ < as lemmas
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