| 单词 | to go back on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go back on (also upon) b. to go back on (also upon). extracted from gov. (a) colloquial (originally U.S.). To prove faithless or disloyal to (a person); to betray. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > betrayal > betray [verb (transitive)] sellc950 forredea1000 belewec1000 trechec1230 betrayc1275 trayc1275 wrayc1275 traise1320 trechetc1330 betradec1375 betraisec1386 bewray1535 betrantc1540 boil1602 reveal1640 peacha1689 bridge1819 to go back on (also upon)1859 to sell (a person) down the river1921 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 38 He won't go back on the cove; he is staunch. 1877 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 686/1 ‘Ye've went back on me,’ she said under her breath again. 1883 Liverpool Daily Post 22 Jan. Some member of the secret organisation has gone back on his comrades. 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 17 I wouldn't have gone back on her for a desertful of Dutchmen. 1932 A. Waugh Thirteen Such Years iii. 127 Would not to go back upon her now be to go back upon everything that war had stood for? (b) To break (a promise); to renege on (an agreement, decision, etc.). Frequently in to go back on one's word. Cf. sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful to [verb (transitive)] > break (a promise or agreement) breakOE abreakOE false1303 violate?a1475 unpromise1583 to go back on1862 1862 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 106 He could not well go back upon his implied assent. 1872 H. Foster ‘Favorite Clown’ Songster 43 I'll never go back on my word. 1882 B. Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 62 Don't go back on your promise. 1907 Outlook 22 June 820/1 He was reserving the liberty to go back on his decision. 1922 Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 351 Nobody shall say that I go back upon my word. 1960 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Mar. 942/1 It is disappointing to witness the Government attempting to go back on a promise. 2002 Times of India 12/1 Promises he has made and gone back upon. 2011 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Feb. 15 Leaders of the pro-democracy movement..said..that they would hold more protests if the army went back on its word. < as lemmas |
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