| 单词 | to be cursed with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be cursed with 5. transitive. To afflict with such evils or calamities as are the consequences or indications of divine wrath or the malignancy of fate; to blast. to be cursed with: to be afflicted with by divine decree, by destiny, or by one's evil fate. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > punish curse1382 strikec1480 plague1481 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxviii. 16, 17 Cursid thow shalt be in citee, cursed in feeld; cursid thy bern, and cursid thi relikis. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiijv The destinies will curse thee for this stroke. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xii. 3 I will blesse them that blesse thee, and curse him, that curseth thee. View more context for this quotation 1727 J. Gay Fables I. viii. 26 With this plague she's rightly curst. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 182 To..curse the desert with a tenfold dearth. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xi. 103 Sure some fell fiend has cursed our line, That coward should e'er be son of mine! 1880 J. Cook Heredity in Boston Monday Lect. x He was temporarily a drunkard, and God cursed him, through that law of initial heredity. 1893 N.E.D. at Curse Mod. To be cursed with a bad temper, a drunken wife, etc. < as lemmas |
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