| 单词 | to keep one's word | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep one's word  e.    to keep one's word: to honour one's promise; = as good as one's word at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 4e. Similarly (now archaic)  to hold one's word. ΚΠ OE    Homily: Sermonem Angelorum Nomina 		(Corpus Cambr. 419)	 in  A. S. Napier Wulfstan 		(1883)	 230  				Gif ge nyllað healdan eower word and eower wedd, ge þonne beoð adilegode of ealra lifigendra bocum. c1275						 (?a1200)						    Laȝamon Brut 		(Calig.)	 		(1963)	 l. 4145  				For þat weord þat ich þe sende, bi mine liue ich hit halde. c1330    Sir Orfeo 		(Auch.)	 		(1966)	 l. 468 (MED)  				Nedes þou most þi word hold. a1450    MS Bodl. 779 in  Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 		(1889)	 82 396 (MED)  				Hold þy woord, ic þe rede. 1524    tr.  J. de Bourbon Begynnynge & Foundacyon Holy Hospytall sig. Eij  				They fered that ye Turke wolde not holde his worde. 1578    J. Rogers Displaying Secte Heretiques sig. E.vi v  				The Turke likewise is..diligent in prayer, seuere in keeping his worde and promise. 1600    W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream  iii. ii. 267  				Lys. I will keepe my word, with thee. Dem. I would I had your bond..Ile not trust your  word.       View more context for this quotation 1715    J. Vanbrugh tr.  F. C. Dancourt Country House  ii. 22  				You must behave your self like a Woman of Honour, and keep your Word. 1813    W. Scott Bridal of Triermain  iii. xxii. 165  				I swore upon the rood, Neither to stop, nor turn, nor rest,..In life or death I hold my word! 1867    A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lxxx. 346  				A gentleman should always keep his word to a lady! 1904    W. S. Blunt Fand  ii, in  Poet. Wks. 		(1914)	 II. 323  				How shall I hold my word? I have promised..To yield him to his wife. 1963    J. Hitrec tr.  I. Andríc Bosnian Chron. xxiii. 362  				The Muscovites..were bad neighbors and warmongers and never kept their word. 2003    J. Mullaney We'll be Back 149  				It's not finished yet; the West must keep its word and help rebuild the country. < as lemmas | 
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