单词 | to call to account |
释义 | > as lemmasto call to account b. to call to account and variants: to summon (a person) to answer for his or her conduct; to require (a person or institution) to explain poor conduct or performance; to bring to justice; cf. account n. 6. Also: †to summon (a person) to provide a financial statement of account (account n. 5) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > call to account areasonc1250 arraignc1360 to do (also put, set) to reasona1400 reasona1400 to call to account1434 hale1587 try1970 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 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > levy or mobilize make?a1160 host1297 arear1366 araisec1386 raisea1425 to call to account1434 rearc1450 levyc1500 riga1513 erect1520 leave1590 to call to arms1592 compound1614 re-embody1685 mobilize1853 remobilize1886 1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 264 (MED) For þe whiche he is now called to accountes in our seid eschequier and rigorous processe maad ayens hym. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §41. m. 14 Nor that eny of the same commissioners..be compelled or called to eny accompt by reason of eny of the forseid commissions. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Oii The dome..of the heighest, and most rightfull kyng of all, hangeth ouer his head, who soone after will call hym to accoumpte for the least faulte he hath doen. 1575 T. Tymme tr. A. Marlorat Catholike & Eccles. Expos. Iohn iv. 125/2 No man shall presume to call him to account, although he carrye with him infinite numbers of soules vnto hel. a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 28 Call your observation to accompt, & you shall find it as I say. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iii. 76 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Calling the Italians to accompt, who never toucht the Emperour monies. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iii. 6 A God..who..has..power enough to call to account the proudest offender. 1727 M. Davys Accomplish'd Rake 37 When the Beginning of our Days are called to Account by the Middle Part of them, we generally answer with a Blush. 1750 F. Warner Syst. Divinity & Morality IV. xcviii. 254 And would we daily call ourselves to an account, carefully examine our hearts and consciences; and then devoutly and affectionately implore God's pardon and forgiveness for the breaches of our duty. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) v. 61 This ‘mob’ declared their intention of calling Wentworth to account. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 134 He who transgresses them is to be corrected, or, in other words, called to account. 1942 ‘M. Fitt’ Requiem for Robert (1948) ii. 38 I felt a trace of triumph..in seeing Richard called to account in his turn. 1963 E. C. Black Association iv. 144 When Sir Lawrence Dundas took his seat in parliament.., John Wilkes called him to account. 1995 Economist 16 Sept. 127/2 At long last the European Union's dilatory, double-charging banks are being called to account. 2007 Vanity Fair Nov. 234/2 A War Profiteering Prevention Act, which would make it much easier to investigate corrupt contractors and call them to account. < as lemmas |
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