单词 | to gang up |
释义 | > as lemmasto gang up to gang up Originally U.S. extracted from gangv.2 1. intransitive. To form or join a gang or group (with others); spec. to combine in order to attack or oppose someone or something. Cf. sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)] jousta1325 ally?a1400 joinc1400 associe1441 confederc1460 to stick together1525 band1530 to join forces1560 colleaguec1565 alliance1569 to enter league1578 unite1579 interleague1590 confederate1591 to join hands1598 combine1608 injointa1616 combinda1626 bandy1633 comply1646 federate1648 leaguea1649 associate1653 coalesce1657 to understand each other1663 sociate1688 to row in the same (also in one) boat1787 rendezvous1817 to make common cause (with)1845 to sing the same song1846 cahoot1857 to gang up1910 jungle1922 1910 Chicago Sunday Tribune 13 Feb. v. 2/1 There was a gun fight in the street one day and an awful tough crowd ganged up in a hurry. 1941 L. M. Cobb & M. A. Hicks in J. F. Dobie et al. Texian Stomping Grounds 111 Dey all gangs up den an' makes plans ter run Brer Man out'n dem woods an' ter keep him out'n dar fer all de time. 1959 ‘J. Byrom’ Take only as Directed i. 16 He'll get David to gang up with him and stop me sailing. 1986 R. Reagan in R. E. Weber & R. A. Weber Dear Americans (2003) 259 I was afraid I'd hit some of the photographers who had ganged up around the catcher. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 May 35/1 (headline) Big boys gang up to defeat Rio Tinto. 2. intransitive. With against, on. To combine or form a gang in order to oppose, intimidate, or attack someone or something. ΚΠ 1919 National Service Nov. 270/1 He's too dern big for any of us to lick separate, and he don't listen to reason, none at all. Looks like we'd have to gang up on him. 1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) xiv. 332 Things must have gone wrong with her!.. Maybe he's got people to gang up against her. 1973 L. Bangs in G. Marcus Psychotic Reactions (1987) 121 The financial angels and bureaucratic bosses of the studio that sponsored and released it ganged up on the poor guy that made the film. 2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Oct. a31/1 Do not let China and Russia gang up on us in a trilateral meeting. < as lemmas |
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