英语词汇“to die hard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to die hard: to die with difficulty, reluctantly, or not without a struggle; to die obdurate or impenitent.

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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] > die in sin or impenitent

to die hard1655

1655 R. Wild Gondibert, Vindicated 20 Though they be cruel Cockers, strike, they're marr'd, And will run out, and not a man die hard.

1709 Tatler No. 63. ⁋5 Most Writers..seem to place a peculiar Vanity in dying hard.

1712 J. Swift Corr. 8 Jan. (1963) I. 285 He dyed hard, as the Term of Art is here, to express the woeful State of Men who discover no Religion at their Death.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 149 Who saw the villain..dying hard, Without complaint.

1784 Gentleman's Mag. 54 i. 19/1 The only solicitude too many of them discover is, whether the criminals die hard, according to the Tyburn phrase.

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) at Dye hard or game To dye hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows.

1811 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 203 Nothing dies so hard..as intolerance.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 129 Learning in Oxford died hard and yielded up its breath not without many a struggle.

1874 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 4) ii. xi. 291 Reform is slow, and..abuses die hard.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxiii. 100 Now, though it dies hard, its monopoly of office is departing.

1996 C. Todd Test of Wills i. 1 He died hard, unwilling, railing at God, and his ragged cry raised echoes in the quiet woods.

单词	to die hard
释义	> as lemmas to die hard b. to die hard: to die with difficulty, reluctantly, or not without a struggle; to die obdurate or impenitent. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] > die in sin or impenitent to die hard1655 1655 R. Wild Gondibert, Vindicated 20 Though they be cruel Cockers, strike, they're marr'd, And will run out, and not a man die hard. 1709 Tatler No. 63. ⁋5 Most Writers..seem to place a peculiar Vanity in dying hard. 1712 J. Swift Corr. 8 Jan. (1963) I. 285 He dyed hard, as the Term of Art is here, to express the woeful State of Men who discover no Religion at their Death. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 149 Who saw the villain..dying hard, Without complaint. 1784 Gentleman's Mag. 54 i. 19/1 The only solicitude too many of them discover is, whether the criminals die hard, according to the Tyburn phrase. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) at Dye hard or game To dye hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows. 1811 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 203 Nothing dies so hard..as intolerance. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 129 Learning in Oxford died hard and yielded up its breath not without many a struggle. 1874 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 4) ii. xi. 291 Reform is slow, and..abuses die hard. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxiii. 100 Now, though it dies hard, its monopoly of office is departing. 1996 C. Todd Test of Wills i. 1 He died hard, unwilling, railing at God, and his ragged cry raised echoes in the quiet woods. extracted from diev.¹ < as lemmas
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