单词 | to have a right to |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a right to Frequently in to have a right to.extracted from rightn.to have a (also no) right to (do something) d. With to-infinitive. A legal, equitable, or moral entitlement to do something. Chiefly in to have a (also no) right to (do something).See also right to die n., right to work n. [Compare Anglo-Norman aveir dreit a (13th cent. or earlier), aveir dreit de (15th cent. or earlier), Middle French avoir droit de (end of the 14th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > [noun] rightc1275 rightc1440 jure1533 realty1567 justice1596 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 1275 (MED) Thane sall we rekken full rathe, whatt ryghte þat he claymes, Thus to ryot þis rewme and raunsone the pople! 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxi. 196 I shulde make it good on you incontynent that ye haue no right to bere my deuyce. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 524 Some good Gentleman, that hath the right Unto his Church for to present a wight. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 194 A Palisadoe..to hinder the fishing of those that have no right to fish. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 13 If not; the People have a Right Supreme To make their Kings. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 145. ⁋4 He has no Right to act here as if he were in an empty Room. 1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 128 Women claim a right to inspect into the indiscretions of their husbands. 1803 J. Mackintosh Wks. (1846) III. 242 He has a right to expect from me a faithful, a zealous, and a fearless defence. 1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain xvi. 224 We were officers..and in that capacity had a right to come and go unquestioned. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 50 You have no more right to interfere with other people's minds than you have to cut their hair. 1964 E. Baker Fine Madness xviii. 217 If he had let his temper override his concern for his patient,..then he would no longer have the right to regard himself as a man of science. 2001 R. Jackson Rails across Mississippi xvii. 189 The court ruled that the railroad company had a right to lay the tracks where they were and to use them as they had been used in the past. < as lemmas |
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