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

P2. to get off lightly (also to come off lightly): to avoid or evade serious punishment or consequences; to escape without serious injury or damage. Similarly to let (a person) off lightly.Cf. to get off 4b at get v. Phrasal verbs 1; to come off 6b at come v. Phrasal verbs 1; to let off 3 at let v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

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1715 C. Owen Plain Reasons i. ix. 18 Little Crimes are sometimes punished heavily, as not wearing of the Surplice; and great ones come off lightly, or, it may be, are never enquired into.

1770 Appeal to Public on Behalf S. Vaughan 77 That man, it seems, was let off lightly, and with little punishment, upon two grounds.

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxvi. 408 The leaders of the insurrection got off much more lightly than their followers.

1943 Signalman's Jrnl. Jan. 27/1 The United States got off lightly in the first World War.

2015 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 30 Mar. The cyclist received very minor injuries... He was very lucky he came off lightly.

单词	to come off lightly
释义	> as lemmas to come off lightly P2. to get off lightly (also to come off lightly): to avoid or evade serious punishment or consequences; to escape without serious injury or damage. Similarly to let (a person) off lightly.Cf. to get off 4b at get v. Phrasal verbs 1; to come off 6b at come v. Phrasal verbs 1; to let off 3 at let v.¹ Phrasal verbs. ΚΠ 1715 C. Owen Plain Reasons i. ix. 18 Little Crimes are sometimes punished heavily, as not wearing of the Surplice; and great ones come off lightly, or, it may be, are never enquired into. 1770 Appeal to Public on Behalf S. Vaughan 77 That man, it seems, was let off lightly, and with little punishment, upon two grounds. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxvi. 408 The leaders of the insurrection got off much more lightly than their followers. 1943 Signalman's Jrnl. Jan. 27/1 The United States got off lightly in the first World War. 2015 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 30 Mar. The cyclist received very minor injuries... He was very lucky he came off lightly. extracted from lightlyadv. < as lemmas
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