单词 | rush to judgement |
释义 | > as lemmasrush to judgement P6. rush to judgement: an instance of coming to a conclusion or opinion hastily or prematurely. Cf. to rush to judgement at rush v.2 Phrases 2.Mark Lane's book Rush to Judgment (1966), mentioned in quot. 1964, was given its title with conscious reference to quot. 1800 at rush v.2 Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1964 N.Y. Times 12 Dec. 22/8 Mark Lane said here today he was writing a book that would expose the Warren Commission report on President Kennedy's assassination... The book, to be titled ‘Rush to Judgment’, will appear in March, 1965. 1967 Times 26 June 11/1 A rush to judgment is dangerous in a game in which form and fortunes can swing busily. 1980 B. Wade Mod. Short Stories in Eng. Introd. p. vii The sort of rush to judgement which comes through grabbing at other people's opinions. 2001 Time 1 Oct. 24/3 What we have seen in terms of policy is very measured. We have seen no evidence of hasty rushes to judgment or pounding the sand. to rush to judgement P2. to rush to judgement: to come hastily or prematurely to an opinion or conclusion. Cf. sense 5b. ΚΠ 1800 Ld. Erskine Speeches Misc. Subj. (1812) 7 An attack upon the King is considered to be patricide against the state, and the Jury and the witnesses, and even the Judges, are the children. It is fit, on that account, that there should be a solemn pause before we rush to judgment. a1880 T. T. Stoddart Crown Jewel (1898) v. i Let us appoint A nine days grace, my venerable sire, Rather than rush to judgment unadvised. 1890 O. B. Frothingham Boston Unitarianism i. 10 Every institution rushed to judgment. 1971 N.Y. Times 13 Mar. 19/1 The same athletic commission that rushed to judgment in 1967 by stripping him of his title before he was convicted by any court. 2003 Independent 12 Feb. 1/2 Ministers claim the commission should give the reforms time to ‘bed down’ before rushing to judgement. < as lemmas |
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