| 单词 | to defend to the death |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto defend (also fight, etc.) to the death c. As complement to verbs, adjectives, or nouns: (that lasts) until death, to the end of one's life, until the death of one or all of those in question, as to defend (also fight, etc.) to the death, faithful (also valiant, etc.) to the death, duel (also war, etc.) to the death. Sometimes hyperbolical. Cf. Phrases 1f. ΚΠ a1500 (?c1450) Merlin viii. 122 These shull the [= thee] love and serue euer to the deth. 1546 Wycklyffes Wycket sig. A.ii In greate sufferaunce of persecusyon euen to the death. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 275 With such speeches he fought vnto the death. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. iii. 65 You are both sure, and wil assist me? Conr. To the death my Lord. View more context for this quotation 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 157 Taxing the poore king of treason, who denied to the death not to know of any such matter. 1651 S. Clarke Gen. Martyrologie xxxvii. 329 Through Gods mercy, he continued faithful to the death. 1713 C. Place Heretical Char. xiii. 292 To..make Men constant to the Death, and not fall away in Times of Persecution. 1795 R. P. Ward Enq. into Found. & Hist. Law of Nations in Europe II. xiii. 16 To fight to the death, was supposed to be absolutely inexpiable. 1826 W. Godwin Hist. Commonw. Eng. II. ii. xxvi. 681 His was a war to the death, and therefore had the utmost aggravation that can belong to a war against the liberty of a nation. 1868 R. H. Major Life Prince Henry of Portugal ii. 16 In the right wing was a goodly band of gentlemen who..had resolved to defend to the death the spot on which they might be placed. 1917 R. Viviani in D. E. Watkins & R. E. Williams Forum of Democracy 132 We were upholding with our incomparable allies—faithful and valiant to the death..—a struggle for the violated rights of man. 1950 A. White Lost Traveller iii. ii. 129 Anyone would think you were fighting a duel to the death instead of playing a game. 1961 R. M. Dashwood Provincial Daughter 158 I will defend to the death my right to be a Floating Voter. 1989 R. G. McGrath in T. R. Gurr Violence in Amer. (new ed.) I. v. 132 Men fought men with fists, knives, and guns, and they often fought to the death. 2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 May w9/4 Which one would have won in a battle to the death. < as lemmas |
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