| 单词 | to fault with or that |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fault (a person) with or that a. transitive. To find fault with, to blame or censure. Also †to fault (a person) with or that: to charge with, find fault with because. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] reprehendc1400 murmur1424 discommenda1500 belack1531 to find fault (with, at)c1540 scan?c1550 fault1563 pinch1567 to lift or move a lip1579 raign1581 reflect1605 criminate1645 criticize1652 nick1668 critic1697 chop1712 stricture1851 to get on to ——1895 chip1898 rap1899 nitpick1956 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Collingbourne sig. V.iv Or shal I fault the fates that so ordayne? 1590 T. Watson Eglogue vpon Death Walsingham sig. C2 My mind..gins fault hir giuing place to sorrows sourse. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 519 The Lion was faulted by the Lionesse, that his breath stanke. 1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica ii. ii. i. iii. 193 Josephus is to be faulted, for saying that it was in the 25th year. 1791 J. Wolcot Rights of Kings in Wks. (1812) II. 415 Fault the poor Flesh and quarrel with the Fish. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi What's that you're faulting now? is it my deal seats without cushions? 1850 F. Trollope Petticoat Govt. 161 Her manner..could not, to use an American phrase, be ‘faulted’. 1890 J. R. Lowell in Biglow Papers Introd. in Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 224/1 The Americanisms with which we are faulted. 1957 Listener 9 May 736/1 One can fault the English for their indifference over long periods to Scottish susceptibilities. 1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 670/2 The Hall Green Conservatives can be faulted for selecting him. 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 July 1/3 The..report…faults Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin for failing to take over state meat-inspection services that have failed to satisfy federal requirements. < as lemmas |
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