| 单词 | to break a person's heart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break a person's heart (a) to break a person's heart (also to break the heart of a person): to overwhelm or crush a person with sorrow or disappointment (sometimes spec. with reference to the betrayal of a person's expectations in a romantic relationship); (also in trivial use) to be the cause of disappointment, regret, etc., to a person. Also figurative. Cf. break v. 7c. ΚΠ 1530 G. Joye tr. M. Bucer Psalter of Dauid lxix. f. 108 Opprobry hathe broken my harte; I am scurged. 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations i. 7 And therefore this thing first of all doth vexe him, and breake his heart not a little: bycause things haue fallen out quite contrarie to his expectation. 1588 A. Fraunce Arcadian Rhetorike i. sig. B2v The extreame bents of my affection, which wil either break out in words, or breake my heart. 1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. v. 79 O my Child, my Child—Thy father is prettie hoddie again, but this will break his heart quite. a1704 T. Brown Two Oxf. Scholars in Wks. (1730) I. 3 You break my Heart..by your Impersuadableness. 1713 J. Addison Cato iii. iii. 31 Thy disdain Has broke my heart. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. 33 She may break my heart—but damnit—I'm determined she shan't keep her temper. 1845 Hood's Mag. Oct. 375 This..struck such a salutary terror into the hearts of the disaffected as broke the heart of the rebellion. 1859 S. M. Davis Life & Times Sir P. Sidney 148 He further distinguished himself by ruining his fortune, defacing his beautiful castles, and pre-determinately breaking the heart of his wife. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 151 It breaks my heart to hear you upholding such ongoings. 1925 J. Drinkwater Robert Burns ii. 26 For your peddling bit of dignity and self-esteem you'll break your girl's heart and ruin me. 1958 B. Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond Some like it Hot (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 135 It's going to break Sugar's heart when she finds out I'm not a millionaire. 1990 Sun 20 Oct. 15/6 Hunky actor Peter Howitt is set to break the hearts of millions of female fans..by marrying his lover and mother of his child. 2008 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl with Dragon Tattoo i. 15 He pondered the wisdom of selling his apartment, though it would break his heart. < as lemmas |
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