| 单词 | to have designs on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have designs on a. Chiefly with on, upon. A plan to attack someone or something; an inclination or plot to gain possession of something, esp. in a cunning or devious manner; (also) in extended use: such a plot or inclination to attract or win a person's love. Now chiefly in plural. Frequently in to have designs on. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot devicec1290 wanlace1303 conjecturea1464 machinationa1475 practice1533 draught1535 plot?c1550 plat1584 design1590 contrivement1608 intrigo1648 complotment1660 underplot1668 contrivance1689 intrigue1692 scheme1719 infanglement1753 fix-up1832 1590 tr. Coppie of Anti-Spaniard 23 Who..contriued all his desseines vppon the ruine and ouerthrowe of our poore France? 1648 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Late Warres xiv. 422 Crequi..suspecting that the Spaniards designes might bee upon Rossegnano, Moncalvo, and Pontestura. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. (Laslett ed.) II. §16 A sedate setled Design, upon another Mans Life. 1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband ii. i. 13 To be in Love now is only having a Design upon a Woman, a modish way of declaring War against her Virtue. 1777 E. Pendleton Let. 13 Sept. in Lett. & Papers (1967) I. 223 The Governor and Council or General must have received some Intelligence of the Enemy's designs upon that quarter, or they would not have carried the Northward men so far South. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. i. 5 He..had..no designs on your pocket. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 579/2 The emperor..suspected Peter of harbouring murderous designs against his son. 1981 M. Moorcock Byzantium Endures v. 113 Esmé clutched my arm so tightly..that I began to suspect she had designs on me. 2002 D. Levitas Terrorist Next Door xxxiv. 244 They have designs on my farm, my neighbour's farm. They have designs on the whole earth. < as lemmas |
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