英语词汇“to have a price on one's head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

10. A sum of money offered as a reward for the capture, arrest, or killing of a person. Frequently in to set a price on a person's head, to have a price on one's head.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] > sum offered for capture or death of person

blood money1535

price1679

bounty1764

1679 J. Davies tr. Appian Hist. ii. i. 33 For a full Acknowledgment of so many good deeds his Enemies had proscribed and set a price upon his Head.

1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic II. xi. 184 Sylla set a Price upon the Heads of all that were proscribed.

1767 tr. C. di Beccaria Bonesana Ess. Crimes xxv. 87 The law..sets a price on the head of the subject.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 159/2 The prince having heard of the price put upon his person, issued a counter proclamation, offering 30,000l. for apprehending the elector of Hanover.

1886 H. C. De Mille Main Line i. i, in America's Lost Plays (1941) xvii. 5 S'pose Brocho George did have a price on him for robbin' the mail car.

1951 R. Harling Paper Palace (1952) 44 He was..carrying on as if life is like something in a film, with a character in the back with a price on his head and the police after him.

1987 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 6/8 Two British women battling to help the sick and wounded in a besieged Beirut refugee camp said yesterday they believe there is a price on their heads.

2003 Post-Standard (Syracuse. N.Y.) 14 June b6/5 Her master looked for her for a year and a half and put a price on her head.

单词	to have a price on one's head
释义	> as lemmas to have a price on one's head 10. A sum of money offered as a reward for the capture, arrest, or killing of a person. Frequently in to set a price on a person's head, to have a price on one's head. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] > sum offered for capture or death of person blood money1535 price1679 bounty1764 1679 J. Davies tr. Appian Hist. ii. i. 33 For a full Acknowledgment of so many good deeds his Enemies had proscribed and set a price upon his Head. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic II. xi. 184 Sylla set a Price upon the Heads of all that were proscribed. 1767 tr. C. di Beccaria Bonesana Ess. Crimes xxv. 87 The law..sets a price on the head of the subject. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 159/2 The prince having heard of the price put upon his person, issued a counter proclamation, offering 30,000l. for apprehending the elector of Hanover. 1886 H. C. De Mille Main Line i. i, in America's Lost Plays (1941) xvii. 5 S'pose Brocho George did have a price on him for robbin' the mail car. 1951 R. Harling Paper Palace (1952) 44 He was..carrying on as if life is like something in a film, with a character in the back with a price on his head and the police after him. 1987 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 6/8 Two British women battling to help the sick and wounded in a besieged Beirut refugee camp said yesterday they believe there is a price on their heads. 2003 Post-Standard (Syracuse. N.Y.) 14 June b6/5 Her master looked for her for a year and a half and put a price on her head. extracted from pricen. < as lemmas
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