| 单词 | to keep watch of | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep watch of  b.  In many verbal phrases, as  to have (also get) the advantage of;  to get (also have) the better of; also formerly in  to have compassion (also mercy) of;  to have (also take) pity of;  to keep watch of,  demand or do justice of (= on),  have the victory of (= over). ΚΠ a1225						 (?OE)						    MS Lamb. in  R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies 		(1868)	 1st Ser. 43 (MED)  				Miserere nostri domine..Lauerd, haue merci of us. c1300						 (?c1225)						    King Horn 		(Cambr.)	 		(1901)	 409 (MED)  				Horn, haue of me rewþe. c1385    G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2245  				I recche nat but it may bettre be To haue victorie of hem or they of me. ?a1425    Mandeville's Trav. 		(Egerton)	 		(1889)	 5  				When any man had þe victory of his enmy. a1450    St. Edith 		(Faust.)	 		(1883)	 1958  				Haue pyte of me! 1523    Ld. Berners tr.  J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 18  				That the archers shulde haue noo vauntage of hym. 1620    tr.  G. Boccaccio Decameron II. vi. f. 1v  				This idle fellow would maintaine to me, that Signior Sicophanto marrying with Madama della Grazza, had the victory of her virginity the very first night. 1655    T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I.  i. 20  				Sometimes the Medes had the better of the Lydians. 1737    W. Whiston tr.  Josephus Antiq. Jews  ii. vi, in  tr.  Josephus Genuine Wks. 46  				Take pity of his old age. 1774    O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. viii. 312  				Those were intimidated who demanded justice of the murderers. 1891    Scribner's Mag. Sept. 279/2  				The traveller must keep watch of his clothes. 1949    E. Goudge Gentian Hill  i. xii. 193  				She went on holding the locket until she had got the better of her tears. 1994    B. A. Staples Parallel Time xi. 228  				I finally got the advantage of him in broad daylight, in an afternoon crowd. < as lemmas | 
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