单词 | begrudge |
释义 | begrudgev. To grumble at, show dissatisfaction with; esp. to envy (one) the possession of; to give reluctantly, to be reluctant. a. transitive, and with infinitive object. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)] > be unwilling to grant or allow begrudgec1390 grutchc1400 grudgec1500 repine1548 bethink1682 the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)] > give reluctantly begrudgec1390 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly of [verb (transitive)] > grudge begrudgec1390 grutchc1400 strange1439 grudgec1500 envy1585 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. 62 And make him murie with þe Corn hose hit euere bigruccheþ. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xix. 125 Our Souldier..begrutcheth not to get to his side a probability of victory by the certainty of his own death. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxv. 149 Begrudge not your labour you bestow. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. ii. 187/2 To begrutch the Cost..of a School. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. ii. 290 They will..begrudg the pains of attending. 1861 National Rev. Oct. 413 They did begrudge to pay the smart. 1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xiii. 101 He had begrudged her nothing. b. intransitive. rare. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 1690 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers (1834) 69 And not begrudge at one anothers increase. Derivatives beˈgrudged adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > grudged grudged1549 begrudged1840 niggardized1877 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxi. 117 Our common beverage—‘water bewitched, and tea begrudged.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1390 |
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