| 单词 | to live down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto live down to live down ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > by spiritual power vanquishc1380 to live down1647 1647 A. Burgess Vindiciæ Legis (ed. 2) 167 We may live down the Law, and we may preach down the Law, both which are a reproach to it. 1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther p.ii A late prelate, of a remarkable zeal for the church, were religions to be tried by lives, would have lived down the pope, and the whole consistory. 1702 I. Gilling Serm. Lyme Regis 16 Good Men should live down Sin. 2. transitive. To put down, silence (scandal, prejudice, etc.); to cause (an incident, bad reputation, etc.) to be forgotten by good behaviour or the course of time. Now chiefly in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > and remove force of to explain away1688 to live down1730 1730 R. Frost Calumny delineated 24 Take care to live down the Scandal. 1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 1 It has lived down prejudice. 1893 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends 158 How long do you think it will take in New York society for a girl with sixty thousand dollars a year to live anything down? 1927 Daily Express 2 June 11/6 General Averescu was originally selected by M. Bratiano to act as his place-holder temporarily while M. Bratiano lived down his unpopularity in retirement. 1942 Baltimore Sun 15 Mar. ‘A beautiful hunk of a man’. That phrase has passed into current slang, but it will take him [sc. Victor Mature] a long time to live it down. 2008 Daily Star (Nexis) 25 Jan. 39 I'd rather not be seen on TV doing worse than a chimpanzee. I'll never live it down. ΚΠ 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn II. viii. 111 It is very probable that your cousin will live down his fancy. < as lemmas |
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