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单词 to come up against
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to come up against
4. intransitive. to come up against.
a. To oppose or confront, esp. in battle.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]
withgo743
to go again ——OE
withsayc1175
again-goc1275
withsitc1300
thwarta1325
to go against ——a1382
counter1382
repugnc1384
adversea1393
craba1400
gainsaya1400
movec1400
overthwart?a1425
to put (also set) one's face againsta1425
traversea1425
contrairc1425
to take again ——c1425
contraryc1430
to take against ——a1450
opposec1485
again-seta1500
gain?a1500
oppone1500
transverse1532
to come up against1535
heave at1546
to be against1549
encounter1549
to set shoulder against1551
to fly in the face of1553
crossc1555
to cross with1590
countermand1592
forstand1599
opposit1600
thorter1608
obviate1609
disputea1616
obstrigillate1623
contradict1632
avert1635
to set one's hand against1635
top1641
militate1642
to come across ——1653
contrariate1656
to cross upon (or on)1661
shock1667
clash1685
rencounter1689
obtend1697
counteract1708
oppugnate1749
retroact?1761
controvert1782
react1795
to set against ——1859
appose-
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle
meeteOE
to meet withc1325
abattlec1400
recounter1455
check1535
to come up against1535
entertain1555
yoke1581
cope1594
conflict1599
clash1650
engage1697
engage1698
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xv. B They of Juda sayde: Wherfore are ye come vp against vs [Heb. ʿălīṯem ʿālēnū, Gk. ἀνέβητε ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς, L. ascendistis adversum nos].
1598 T. Stoughton Gen. Treat. against Poperie 169 The Spanyards..doe yet daily threaten to come vp against vs.
1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxvi. 3 I am against thee..and will cause many nations to come vp against thee. View more context for this quotation
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iii. 23 Tampring both with the English and the Scotch Army, to come up against the Parlament.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 113 I am therefore come up against thee in mine own right, even to recover mine own inheritance out of thine hand. View more context for this quotation
1733 J. Court tr. Josephus Of Jewish War iii. x, in tr. Josephus Wks. 639/2 Others..fell directly into the hands of their enemies, who were coming up against them.
1754 J. Gill Faith in God 6 The king and his people had no power to oppose such a numerous army that was come up against them.
1803 R. Southey tr. Amadis of Gaul IV. xxxvii. 278 So great a power was come up against me, and chiefly by the power of ye three..I obtained such victory as secured my person and kingdom.
1909 Leaves of Healing 3 Apr. 98/1 When your enemies come up against you, to smite you, they shall be smitten before thy face.
1921 Monthly Bull. Missouri State Board Agric. Aug. 5 We wipe the earth with almost any other scrub team that comes up against us.
2003 M. Stover Star Wars: Shatterpoint (2005) 413 Our job—me and Eight-Three, the bubble-turret gunners—is to handle everything that comes up against us.
b. To be faced with (an obstacle, difficulty, opposition, etc.). Also occasionally: to encounter (a person). Cf. to run up 5b at run v. Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. 1886 as part of an extended metaphor.See also to come up against a blank wall at blank adj. and adv. Compounds 2b.
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1886 J. W. Moore Notes on Printing 244 Now he sails against the tide, now with it, going along at a dashing rate, until he suddenly comes up against some hidden snag, which, but for sheer luck, would have shivered his timbers to pieces.
1893 Interior 9 Nov. 19/1 If you come up against another snag just let me know.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Jan. 13/2 When..he comes up against a more important bibliographical problem, his description is confused.
1959 C. Devlin Serm. & Devotional Writings G. M. Hopkins 5 In this smoke-sodden little town he [sc. Hopkins] came up against people who needed him desperately.
1996 T. Taylor & R. J. Martin Rangers lead Way 106/1 1st Company was ordered to scout aggressively till they came up against significant resistance.
2014 Adelaide Mag. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 40 The Art Gallery has come up against some criticism in the past year for its controversial pieces.
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