英语词汇“to arm against”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To provide (a person) with offensive or defensive weapons against. Frequently figurative.

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1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxi. 429 He armed against her [sc. Rome] the Gothians, Vandales and Germanes.

1608 Pennyless Parl. in Harl. Misc. III. 79 A quart or two of fine Trinidado shall arm us against the gun-shot of tongue-metal.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. x. 146 The King..rallied me very pleasantly, wishing I would send a Couple of Struldbruggs to my own Country, to arm our People against the Fear of Death.

1861 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Two Years Switzerland & Italy I. 111 The men of the Forest Cantons foresaw clearly that new hosts would speedily be armed against them and their freedom.

1904 F. Rolfe Hadrian VII xviii. 330 A misanthrope and misogynist, tired by, impatient of, armed against, the tiresome divarication of little silly people.

1951 N.Y. Times 30 May 1/1 The United States, fighting in Korea and arming itself against the danger of a new world war.

2003 BusinessWeek 9 June 116/3 It's a warning to..leaders to arm themselves against hackers and cyberterrorists.

2. intransitive. To prepare for war or combat with; to take offensive, defensive, or precautionary measures in response to.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [verb (transitive)] > take precautions against

forfend1591

to arm against ——1598

secure1623

precaution1690

fend1712

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vii. 85 Myself will use acceptive darts, And arm against him.

1619 D. Carleton Let. 22 Oct. (1757) 395 They humbly beseech his majesty to shew himself therein as well by good effects in arming against the pirates, as he hath done by his advice and council to this state.

1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xvi. 210 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) These are difficulties that we must be arm'd against by Philosophy, and Precept.

1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 269 A Pestilential Malignancy in the Air..which might be arm'd against by proper and timely Medicines.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. XII. 291/1 Sixtus called loudly on the Powers of Europe to arm against the Turks.

1918 Amer. Lutheran Surv. 25 Sept. 734/2 Peasants in the province of Kasan are arming against the Bolsheviki.

1997 Independent (Nexis) 3 June 1 Far-right groups who believed the Government so overstepped its authority that they must arm against it.

单词	to arm against
释义	> as lemmas to arm against —— to arm against —— 1. transitive. To provide (a person) with offensive or defensive weapons against. Frequently figurative. ΚΠ 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxi. 429 He armed against her [sc. Rome] the Gothians, Vandales and Germanes. 1608 Pennyless Parl. in Harl. Misc. III. 79 A quart or two of fine Trinidado shall arm us against the gun-shot of tongue-metal. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. x. 146 The King..rallied me very pleasantly, wishing I would send a Couple of Struldbruggs to my own Country, to arm our People against the Fear of Death. 1861 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Two Years Switzerland & Italy I. 111 The men of the Forest Cantons foresaw clearly that new hosts would speedily be armed against them and their freedom. 1904 F. Rolfe Hadrian VII xviii. 330 A misanthrope and misogynist, tired by, impatient of, armed against, the tiresome divarication of little silly people. 1951 N.Y. Times 30 May 1/1 The United States, fighting in Korea and arming itself against the danger of a new world war. 2003 BusinessWeek 9 June 116/3 It's a warning to..leaders to arm themselves against hackers and cyberterrorists. 2. intransitive. To prepare for war or combat with; to take offensive, defensive, or precautionary measures in response to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [verb (transitive)] > take precautions against forfend1591 to arm against ——1598 secure1623 precaution1690 fend1712 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vii. 85 Myself will use acceptive darts, And arm against him. 1619 D. Carleton Let. 22 Oct. (1757) 395 They humbly beseech his majesty to shew himself therein as well by good effects in arming against the pirates, as he hath done by his advice and council to this state. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xvi. 210 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) These are difficulties that we must be arm'd against by Philosophy, and Precept. 1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 269 A Pestilential Malignancy in the Air..which might be arm'd against by proper and timely Medicines. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XII. 291/1 Sixtus called loudly on the Powers of Europe to arm against the Turks. 1918 Amer. Lutheran Surv. 25 Sept. 734/2 Peasants in the province of Kasan are arming against the Bolsheviki. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 3 June 1 Far-right groups who believed the Government so overstepped its authority that they must arm against it. extracted from armv.¹ < as lemmas
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