| 单词 | to go into the discard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go into the discard figurative. Chiefly U.S. to go into the discard (and variants): to be abandoned, rejected, or consigned to oblivion. Cf. sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge shrivec1374 disavowc1400 reject1426 renouncec1450 disvow1502 disavouch1583 disclaim1585 to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588 disacknowledge1598 forjure1601 disknow1606 disvoucha1616 to swear off1839 to throw down1895 to go into the discard1898 ditch1921 cancel1990 the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [verb (transitive)] > consign to oblivion defacec1386 to strike by1457 efface1490 unlearna1500 obliterate1548 delete1563 oblivionize1593 dismiss1594 bury1595 oblivion1659 obliviate1661 erase1695 to go into the discard1927 cancel1990 1898 Sioux County (Orange City, Iowa) Herald 26 Oct. 3/5 They wear no clothes, except what they have on, an' each woman has five husbands an' each man has five wives. Th' r-rest goes into the discard. 1927 H. E. Fosdick Pilgrimage to Palestine 260 One surely does not mean to sweep into the discard as spiritually futile the elaborate symbolism of Eastern worship. 1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. ii. 27 The old concept of economic man has gone into the discard. 1995 Guardian (Nexis) 16 June (Features section) t5 The subliminal link..between Dunkirk and the Iron Curtain, was just too useful to be thrown into the discard. < as lemmas |
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