| 单词 | to hold a brief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold a brief a. Law. A summary of the facts of a case, with reference to the points of law supposed to be applicable to them, drawn up for the instruction of counsel conducting the case in court. to hold a brief: to be retained as counsel in a case, to argue a point for; also fig. in phr. to hold a brief for (a person): to express oneself like an advocate rather than an unbiased and critical appraiser; frequently in neg. to hold no brief for: to be no advocate or supporter of; to take a brief: to accept the conduct of a case. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > instructions or briefs instructions1529 breviate1594 brief1631 memorial1729 soup1856 watching brief1886 docker1889 dock brief1909 amicus curiae brief1919 society > law > legal profession > practice law [verb (intransitive)] > practise at the bar > accept a case to take a brief1869 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] shoveOE to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1154 favour1362 abetc1380 sustainc1390 supportc1405 courage1470 comfort1481 friend1550 through-bear1554 countenance1568 foster1569 favourize1585 seconda1586 sidea1601 rally1624 feed1626 countenance1654 encourage1668 inserve1683 to go strong on1822 partake1861 sponsor1884 to hold a brief for1888 root1889 rah-rah1940 affirm1970 babysit1973 barrack- the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] forhowc900 overhowOE withhuheOE forhecchec1230 scorna1275 despise1297 spise13.. to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303 to hold, have scorn at, ofc1320 to think scorn ofc1320 to set short by1377 to tell short of1377 to set naught or nought (nothing, not anything) by1390 spitea1400 contemnc1425 nought1440 overlooka1450 mainprizec1450 lightly1451 vilipendc1470 indeign1483 misprize1483 dain?1518 to look down on (also upon)1539 floccipend1548 contempta1555 to take scorn ata1566 embase1577 sdeign1590 disesteem1594 vilify1599 to set lightly, coldly1604 disrepute1611 to hold cheapa1616 avile1616 floccify1623 meprize1633 to think (also believe, etc.) meanly of1642 publican1648 naucify1653 disesteem1659 invalue1673 to set light, at light1718 sneeze1806 sniff1837 derry1896 to hold no brief for1918 1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 39 To print or write breifes of a cause before the hearing..is to be accounted scandalous. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 186. ⁋3 The young Fellow..seemed to hold his Brief in his Hand rather to help his Action. a1794 Gibbon Memoirs in Misc. Wks. (1796) I. 156 I spoke as a lawyer from my brief. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. viii. 118 It is the first day of the Assize, so there is some chance of a brief. 1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. i. 7 Ready as Cicero showed himself to take..a brief..from accused and guilty governors. 1888 M. Arnold in 19th Cent. Jan. 24 Professor Dowden holds a brief for Shelley; he pleads for Shelley as an advocate pleads for his client. 1918 R. A. Knox Spiritual Aeneid 215 When I was at Balliol, we used to adapt the phrase ‘I hold no brief for So-and-so’. < as lemmas |
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