| 单词 | to break one's word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break one's word c. an oath, promise, pledge, vow, one's word, (one's) faith. Frequently in to break one's word. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)] breakOE to-breaka1067 false1303 forleta1325 loosec1400 to fall from ——a1425 renouncec1450 violate?a1475 enfrain1477 failc1500 falsify1532 transverse1532 infringe1533 crack1576 recess1581 recant1585 digress1592 strain1592 burst1600 equivocate1629 falsy1629 forfeit1654 to break through1712 infract1798 waive1833 welsh1925 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful to [verb (transitive)] > break (a promise or agreement) breakOE abreakOE false1303 violate?a1475 unpromise1583 to go back on1862 OE Beowulf 2063 Þonne bioð [ab]rocene..aðsweord eorla. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 354 Brutus him swar an æð breken þat he hit nælde. c1290 Beket 1007 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 135 For he suor..and hath ibroke is oth. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10674 Hir vou to breke. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 143 Throgh a feyth y-broke. 1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII xii. Pream. In breking his seid promys. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Breake fayth, othe, or promyse. ?1586 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Third Pt. First Bk. Mirrour of Knighthood sig. 16v Oh falce and disloyall knight, what reason coulde constraine thee to falsifie and break thy worde & promise giuen to be whollie mine. 1608 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 204 God pardon all Oathes that are broke to me. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iii. 31 I breake my warlike word. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. i. 91 False King, why hast thou broken faith with me? View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 77 Some, to the Glory of the Lord, Perjur'd themselves, and broke their word. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 201. ⁋9 A promise is never to be broken. 1796 R. Bage Hermsprong III. x. 94 He recovered, by saying, that he never broke his word in his life; and he had given his word to Lord Grondale. 1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1857) II. 471 That men who are in the habit of breaking faith should be distrusted when they mean to keep it is part of their just and natural punishment. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 79 The king would gladly have broken his word. 1862 W. C. Bennett Poems 302 Let honest truth be heard; A people tire of paltering knaves Who break too oft their word. 1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily vi. 89 Aye, God help ye, it's a wonder they let you out alone! Come on, now, ye wouldn't break my word with the dacent man. 1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) v. 170 Sarabjit Singh told me that some of the police officers had wanted to open fire, but he had opposed this. ‘I said no. We have given a blanket cease-fire and should not break our word...’ < as lemmas |
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