| 单词 | to get, have, meet with one's deserts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get, have, meet with one's deserts 3. That which is deserved; a due reward or recompense, whether good or evil. Often in to get, have, meet with one's deserts. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > deserving (good or ill) > that which is deserved i-wurhtc888 addlingc1175 wrightc1175 meritc1230 desert1393 demerit1399 condignity1653 comeuppance1859 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] > due reward desert1393 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 293 Mede and mercede..boþe men demen A desert for som doynge. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxvii. 98 For god gyueth to euery one the deserte of his meryte. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lix. 204 I shall nother ete nor drynke tyll thou hast thy dysert. 1599 Warning for Faire Women ii. 1508 Upon a pillory..that al the world may see, A just desert for such impiety. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 74 But give to each his due desert. 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 88 Whether the greatest Villain breathing shall meet his Deserts. 1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. i. 10 This is the proper desert of Sin. 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xliii. 341 I think I deserved strong reproof; but when have we our deserts? 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 41 ‘He has got his deserts’, said Joconda. < as lemmas |
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