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单词 begrudge
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begrudgev.

Brit. /bᵻˈɡrʌdʒ/, U.S. /bəˈɡrədʒ/, /biˈɡrədʒ/
Forms: Also Middle English bi-, bygrucche(n, bygroch, 1600s–1700s begrutch.
Etymology: < be- prefix + grudge v., Middle English grucchen to murmur.
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).
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