单词 | to be in the right |
释义 | > as lemmasto be in the right (h) in the right: in the position or condition of being morally or factually correct. Usually in to be in the right: to have justice, reason, or fact on one's side. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [verb (intransitive)] > be in the right to have the righta1450 to be in the right1490 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 554 Ye shall take vengaunce of thyse traytours, For ye ben in the right, and they in the wronge. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxxvi. 626 Ye be in the ryght of this warre. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 5 He was in the right, and so in deede it is. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 154 He's in the right (Constable) what say you to it? View more context for this quotation 1680 T. Otway Orphan i. 11 Your Sex Was never in the right, y'are alwayes false, Or silly. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 325 The most Ridiculous Bigot thinks himself in the Right, and..Believes his Resveries acceptable to God. 1734 B. Franklin Parody & Reply to Relig. Medit. 8 Aug. in Writings (1987) 231 I never thought even Job in the right, when he repin'd that the Days of a Man are few and full of Trouble. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. ii. 41 She knew all the time she was in the right. 1815 W. Scott Let. 6 Sept. (1933) IV. 93 They are in the right however to enforce discipline and good order. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 125 A historical question about which they were in the right. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xxv. 276 He struck at them through his subjects, and thought himself pathetically in the right. 1966 N. Gordimer Late Bourgeois World 32 They were all in the right, again, and he was wrong. 2007 Guardian 12 Apr. (G2 section) 3/1 But who's in the right—broadcasters or politicians? < as lemmas |
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