| 单词 | to declare for , or against |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto declare for (in favour of), or against a. intransitive (for reflexive) to declare for (in favour of), or against: to make known or avow one's sympathy, opinion, or resolution to act, for or against. ΚΠ 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living ii. §1 63 The internal faculties of will and understanding, decreeing and declaring against them. 1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 216 Poyer, and Powell, formerly for the Parliament..declared against them. 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 3 Apr. A Man..for siding with both Parties…and not declaring..for either. 1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) iv. 23 The adhering..to false and dangerous notions, only because one has declared for them. 1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 533/2 He declareth against fish. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 642 Wexford had declared for King William. 1881 G. A. Henty Cornet of Horse xvii. 175 Rupert naturally declared at once for the journey to Paris. < as lemmas |
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