| 单词 | to appeal to caesar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto appeal (un)to Caesar c. to appeal (un)to Caesar (with allusion to Acts xxv. 11): to appeal to the highest authority. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > to, of, or upon someone > to or upon an authority to call on ——a1300 appeal1393 provoke1666 to appeal (un)to Caesar1855 1855 Wesleyan Methodist Mag. Apr. 305 The conduct of unreasonable..men made it right, as in St. Paul's case, for him sometimes to appeal unto Cæsar. a1893 T. B. Reed Dog with Bad Name (1894) xv. 156 ‘Can't she come, Father?’ said Percy, adroitly appealing to Cæsar. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 27 ‘I appeal to the Head, sir.’.. ‘Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go.’ 1903 J. Chamberlain in Westm. Gaz. 22 Oct. 5/1 If this policy..were not accepted as the policy of the Government..I should feel it my duty to appeal to Cæsar. 1926 P. Guedalla Palmerston ii. ii. 70 In a formal reference to the Prince Regent the indignant soldier appealed to Caesar. < as lemmas |
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