| 单词 | to go upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go upon —— to go upon —— 1. intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 2688 Bigan godrich to go Vp-on þe danshe, and faste to slo. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 4931 Mell[e]ager..Pullith out a suerd and vpon hem he goth. c1500 Melusine (1895) 348 Go we vpon our enemyes to helpe & socoure our frendes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 570/2 I go upon a mannes enemye, or assayle hym. 1562 tr. Destr. & Sacke committed by Duke of Guyse sig. a.v They wente vppon theim with greate slices of swordes and curtalaces. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 984 Ebrain perceiuing by this letter the resolution of Man-ogli, resolued also in himselfe to goe vpon him with all his armie. 1686 T. Otway tr. S. de Broë Hist. Triumvirates I. xliv. 174 Cæsar understood that his Troops..were desirous to go upon the Enemy. b. To set about, deal with; to undertake. Now chiefly archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] underfoc893 fandOE onfangOE undernimc1000 takec1175 to take tillc1175 to take toa1250 underfongc1330 undertakea1340 to take in (also on) handa1350 undertakec1385 attamec1386 to take in (also on) handc1390 embrace1393 emprisec1410 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to go upon ——c1450 enterprise?1473 to set (one's) hand to1477 go?a1500 accept1524 assume1530 to hent in (also upon) handc1540 to swallow up1544 to take to task1546 to go into ——?1548 to set in hand1548 to fare about1563 entertain1569 undergo1606 to set about ——1611 to take up1660 to come at ——1901 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 131 Þe ferthe inche is, whan false cysourys gon vp-on qwestys, & puttyn a man fro his ryȝt thrugh a fals verdyȝte. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus v. v. sig. Aaiiiv What if I go vpon it, and bethink me of some lowly petition to my father? 1557 J. Gwynneth Playne Demonstr. xxxvii. f. 66v Why doeth Frithe (I say) bringe in Saynt Austens sayinge vpon the sayde text in those places, & not in that place, where Saynt Austen goeth vpon it purposlie, and onelie to showe the vnderstandinge thereof? a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 278 Let's hence, and heare..in what fashion..he goes Vpon this present Action. View more context for this quotation 1743 S. Johnson Let. (1992) I. 35 The Life of Savage I am ready to go upon. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xxv. 242 The first Thing I went upon was a Table; which..I intended to make big enough for us all. 1830 G. P. R. James Darnley I. v. 107 If it had been to-morrow, I'd not have gone upon the thing, for to-day my sworn service is out. 1896 Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 470 I..cannot bear to see things botched or gone upon with ignorance. 1946 J. Masefield Poems 737 She put the potion in a golden flask..and went upon her task. 1986 Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. 16/4 The sandwich-man..occasioned much mirth as he went upon his errand. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] > consider the case of to go upon ——?1537 ?1537 tr. Erasmus Declamatio Med. sig. B.v O a newe and straunge dignitie of phisike. They go vpon [L. agitur de] lyfe and deth of a man, and the sentence of the iudge hengeth vpon the foreiudgement of the phisician. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxv. 87 If anie Duke..be appeached of treason, or anie other capitall crime, he is iudged by his peeres and equals: that is, the yeomanrie doth not go vpon him, but an enquest of the Lordes of the Parliament. 1651 C. Walker High Court of Justice 36 Neither can this Petty Jury of 12. men goe upon the prisoner, unlesse a Bill of Inditement containing the whole Matter of charge be first found in open Court by a Grand Jury. 1706 S. Sewall Diary 6 June (1973) I. 548 The Govr bundled up the papers and sent them into the House of Deputies, without asking the Council whether they would first go upon them, with whom the Petition was entered. 1728 R. Warren Impartial Churchman vii. 133 Yet should a Jury of Critics go upon this Case, how could they bring in their Verdict on the Church's side? 1770 Scots Mag. July 365/1 The Attorney General..never went upon the subject-matter of the letter, or gave any manner of reason for his styling it..a false, scandalous, and seditious libel. 1807 Trial Col. Aaron Burr II. 63 A Juror, whose mind is prepared to go upon the case to receive his convictions of the guilt or innocence of the accused.., is the only proper person to be called an impartial juror. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (transitive)] > approach a time to go upon ——1567 to go on ——1798 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 150v Two hundred yeeres already of my lyfe full passed bee, And now I go vppon the third [L. nunc tertia vivitur aetas]. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. iii. ii. 231 In all the time that I haue serued his Maiesty..which is now going vpon the three and twentieth yeare. 1645 W. Prynne Hidden Workes Darkenes 19 It imports Him and His Kingdom very much that they marry the Prince His onely Sonne presently, going upon 23. yeeres. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 74 Now she is just going upon Sixteen. 4. intransitive. To be chargeable to. Later only in to go upon the parish: (of a person) to be financially dependent on parish relief; to be destitute; cf. on (also upon) the parish at parish n. Phrases. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1660 A. Marvell Let. 17 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 2 All things are to go upon his Majestyes own purse. 1818 Bury & Norwich Post 11 Nov. 1/2 His family must go upon the parish or positively starve. 1840 E. S. Thomas Reminisc. Last 65 Years II. 41 His wife and children were discharged from their employment, and went upon the parish. 1901 S. P. Rice Occas. Ess. Native South Indian Life ii. 35 We all know the dread an old couple have to ‘go upon the parish’. 5. intransitive. To use as evidence for, or in support of, an opinion, theory, etc. Cf. to go on —— 4 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > use as evidence to go upon ——1762 to go on ——1817 to go by ——1830 1762 J. Macpherson Fingal 182 The Irish historians..have nothing to go upon but the traditions of their bards. 1803 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 832/2 Surely a literal translation is not to be departed from but upon good grounds; and here is no ground whatever to go upon. 1909 F. L. Barclay Rosary xv. 154 You see, this gave me something to go upon. 2008 Daily Brief (Nexis) 4 Sept. You have nothing to go upon but tired old tropes gleaned from the movies. < as lemmas |
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