| 单词 | set up for being |
| 释义 | > as lemmasset up for being b. To put oneself forward as (a person of a certain kind or class), to lay claim to being (so-and-so). Also, to set up for being (so-and-so). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] > to be semble1542 to figure for1596 to set up for1688 to set up1889 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Ooo/2 To set up for a Reformer. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables lxvii. 66 Shall any Man..that Willfully..procures the Cutting of whole Armies to Pieces, set up for an Innocent? 1709 E. Ward tr. Diverting Wks. 206 Covetous Men commonly set up for being very long sighted. 1716 J. Craggs Let. to Pope 2 Sept. I fancy I am..setting up for a wit. 1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 13 Sim... Why he must be upwards of — Mrs. Mech. Fifty, I warrant. Sim. Rather late in life to set up for a gentleman. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 237/1 I do not set myself up for a purist. 1889 Harper's Mag. Mar. 557/1 I don't set up for a beauty. < as lemmas |
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