| 单词 | to bring to book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring to book l. to bring to book: to call to account (chiefly figurative). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] underseekc897 speerc900 lookeOE askOE seeOE teem witnessc1200 seeka1300 fand13.. inquirec1300 undergoc1315 visit1338 pursuea1382 searcha1382 examinec1384 assay1387 ensearchc1400 vesteyea1425 to have in waitc1440 perpend1447 to bring witnessc1475 vey1512 investigate?1520 recounta1530 to call into (also in) question1534 finger1546 rip1549 sight1556 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 require1563 descry?1567 sound1579 question1590 resolve1593 surview1601 undersearch1609 sift1611 disquire1621 indagate1623 inspect1623 pierce1640 shrive1647 in-looka1649 probe1649 incern1656 quaeritate1657 inquisite1674 reconnoitre1740 explore1774 to bring to book1786 look-see1867 scrutate1882 to shake down1915 sleuth1939 screen1942 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > make accusation [phrase] > call to account to call to account1434 to call into (also in) question1534 to bring to book1786 1786 Town & Country Mag. Mar. 122/2 She had a relation in the law, who, it is more than probable, entertained a sneaking liking for her; old Square Toes was brought to book. 1799 I. Espinasse Rep. Cases Nisi Prius II. 624 I shall bring him to book, and have him struck off the roll. 1804 Sporting Mag. 23 265/2 'Tis not my business to examine your accounts, Sir—but should I bring you to book..there is something in that sly countenance that tells me you have sometimes staked your credit at too great a venture. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 131 I'll bring this young man to book. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. v. 104 We'll bring Sherborne to book. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 215/1 By means of these figures we bring the matter, as it were, to book, and eliminate tangible results. 1962 Times 6 Apr. 20/3 The housebreakers and hoodlums who plagued the city..were checked by the ‘reasonable force’ which had brought their kind to book in Sheffield. 2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 30 Jan. 36/2 Last year, the city's 30-odd full-time environmental wardens brought 700 people to book for trashing the streets. < as lemmas |
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