单词 | to listen to reason |
释义 | > as lemmasto listen to (also hear) reason e. to listen to (also hear) reason: to (be prepared to) listen to rational arguments, other viewpoints, etc., esp. after a period of not doing so. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > employ reason [verb (intransitive)] to speak reasona1400 to listen to (also hear) reason1535 take better way with youa1556 rationalize1805 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 596 For na counsall that tyme wald he heir ressoun. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. iii. 5 You should heare reason. View more context for this quotation 1692 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Pastoral Care viii. 101 [This] may put some of them in a greater towardness to hear Reason. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 57 The Rogues were now no more capable to hear Reason, than to act Reason. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 14 When I'm determined, I always listen to reason, because it can then do no harm. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley vi. 101 The people were now in a condition to hear reason. 1880 T. Hardy Fellow-townsmen iii. 31 Her impression is that your wife will listen to reason. 1960 B. Kops Dream of Peter Mann 57 No longer holding on to pipe dreams in the sky—and now you've got rid of your son—maybe you'll listen to reason. 1986 K. Moore Moving House i. 3 She really ought not to go on living at that place on her own, but I doubt very much if she'll hear reason. 2002 R. Mistry Family Matters (2003) ii. 10 Their beloved Nari had finally listened to reason and agreed to settle down. < as lemmas |
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