单词 | to lie under |
释义 | > as lemmasto lie under b. to lie under: to be subject to (some disadvantage or obligation). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subject to action or influence feel1559 to lie under1600 stand1607 to stand under ——a1616 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 171 If this sweete ladie lie not guiltlesse here, Vnder some biting errour. View more context for this quotation 1682 Ct. Königsmark in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 336 The misfortune which I lay under. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome vi. 105 He lay under a sort of a Vow. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 4. ⁋9 Any one who reads this letter will lye under the same delusion. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 236 Manila..lies under some disadvantage, from the difficulty there is in getting to sea to the eastward. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 202 In spite of all the restraints under which the press lay. 1866 Duke of Argyll Reign of Law vii. 362 The bondage under which all true Science lies to fact. < as lemmas |
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