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单词 to call to account
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to 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).
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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
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raisea1425
to call to account1434
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to call to arms1592
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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.
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