| 单词 | to make a martyr of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a martyr of b. to make a martyr of: to subject to hardship or inconvenience; to sacrifice (someone) in a cause; to make a martyr of oneself: to make a real or pretended sacrifice of one's inclinations in order to gain credit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict overharryeOE aileOE swencheOE besetOE traya1000 teenOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE derve?c1225 grieve1297 harrya1300 noyc1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 wrath14.. aggrievea1325 annoya1325 tribula1325 to hold wakenc1330 anguish1340 distrainc1374 wrap1380 strain1382 ermec1386 afflicta1393 cumbera1400 assayc1400 distressc1400 temptc1400 encumber1413 labour1437 infortune?a1439 stressa1450 trouble1489 arraya1500 constraina1500 attempt1525 misease1530 exercise1531 to hold or keep waking1533 try1539 to wring to the worse1542 pinch1548 affligec1550 trounce1551 oppress1555 inflict1566 overharl1570 strait1579 to make a martyr of1599 straiten1611 tribulatea1637 to put through the hoop(s)1919 snooter1923 the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)] > subject to putc1390 to make a martyr of1599 society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > be unselfish [verb (intransitive)] > make sacrifice of one's inclinations self-sacrifice1853 to make a martyr of oneself1882 1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. E4 He euen meanes to make a martris [sic; perh. meant as an illiterate blunder] of poore Shift his man. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxviii. 185 At my very baptism made a martyr of. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 228 By the scallop-shell of Compostella, I will make a martyr of him. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1886) III. 159 Mr. Lewes makes a martyr of himself in writing all my notes and business letters. Is not that being a sublime husband? 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. v. iii. 136 That would be making a martyr of you, and sending you to where she is; and I would keep you away from her..if I could. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iv. 111 You shall not make a martyr of yourself for my sake. 1989 C. Hiaasen Skin Tight (1990) xix. 209 The Stranahan move had backfired, and nearly made a news-industry martyr of Christina Marks. < as lemmas |
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