| 单词 | to call into question |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call into (also in) question c. to call into (also in) question. Cf. to bring into question at question n. Phrases 1a. extracted from callv. (a) To cast doubt upon; to challenge, dispute. Also: †to examine, inquire into (obsolete). 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 > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)] > call in question to bring (also put) into question1390 to make (no) question1447 to call into (also in) question1534 to call into (also in) doubt?1535 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 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] > put on or bring to trial to call into (also in) question1534 to bring (a person or cause) to trial1838 to put (a person) on his trial1885 1534 G. Joye Subuersion Moris False Found. f. liiij When all other wordis..maye be douted of, and called into question: yet shall this wryten worde of God stande stil vndouted of. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38v That.., I shoulde call in question the demeanour of all. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 217 Now sit we close about this Taper heere, And call in question our necessities. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. ii. 5 Neither call the giddinesse of it in question. View more context for this quotation 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 248 For private men..to call in question the decency or expediency of the things so established,..is it self indeed the most indecent and inexpedient thing. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Amazon The existence of the Amazons was called in question by Strabo. 1768 T. Pownall Admin. Colonies (ed. 4) p. ix A right to call into question some particular exertions of power. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon ii. iii, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 682 For calling the honour of his mother in question. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. xiii. 371 This opinion..has only recently been called in question. 1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. iv. 138 France does not call the legitimacy of a child into question who has been born three hundred days after the death or absence of the legal parent. 1972 Sci. Amer. May 33/1 The insentience of muscles has often been called in question and probably cannot be regarded as universally accepted even today. 2004 Independent 17 Nov. 33/1 The judgement of the party leader would have been called into question had he not acted decisively. ΚΠ 1573 T. Bedingfield tr. G. Cardano Comforte iii. sig. N.iiii But for tryall hereof let Sephalus or Spurinna be called in question, of whome we may enquire, whether old age not abused be better then lustye youth. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xix. 40 We are in danger to be called in question for this dayes vprore. View more context for this quotation a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 59 Socrates..was called into question, and had sentence of death pronounced against him. 1647 J. Carter Nail & Wheel 78 Presently he was..called in question as a delinquent. 1712 L. Howel View of Pontificate 126 This Trial must imply a superior Power in some Person or Persons else, who must judge him, or at least call him in Question, and oblige him to clear himself. 1862 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 2 Apr. 226/2 When he came to Jerusalem, the disciples called him in question for his conduct. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxiv. 179 The townsfolk stood about, but not too near, being careful and cautious lest they should be called in question for compliance with the deed. 1906 Proc. before Comm. Privileges & Elections IV. 105 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (59th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Doc. 486 Pt. IV) XXVII The piece was written, and in a little less than six weeks they were called in question in Salt Lake City in the old tabernacle. < as lemmas |
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