单词 | to take amiss |
释义 | > as lemmasto take amiss Phrases P1. to take amiss. a. To misunderstand the meaning of, to make a mistake about (a thing); to misunderstand or misinterpret. Cf. mistake v. 3, 4. Now rare (in later use usually coloured by Phrases 1b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misunderstand [phrase] to take amissa1425 to walk wide in words1529 to have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail)1536 to be out of the story1649 to be at cross-purposes1688 I beg your pardon1806 to lose track of1894 to get (someone) wrong1927 to speak past ——1952 to lose the thread1956 a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 343 (MED) Þis dreem takun amys turneþ up so doun þe Chirche. c1535 Ploughman's Tale i. sig. A.ivv They that suche a secte sewys I trowe they taken hem amysse. 1622 W. Ames Reply Dr. Mortons Gen. Def. iii. 44 If the Defendant can there finde one signification of a hundred, which teacheth any strange doctrine not warranted by the Scriptures, I haue taken my numbers amisse. a1690 S. Jeake Compl. Body Arithm. (1701) iv. iii. vii. 578 It is vulgarly taken amiss, when half the yearly Interest is taken for the half Year, and the Quarter thereof for a Quarter of a year. 1839 G. P. R. James Henry of Guise I. xiii. 317 Without giving me an opportunity of explaining to you things which you have misinterpreted and taken amiss. 1899 N. Garstin Suitors of Aprille 171 ‘What meanest thou?’ said he... ‘Nay,’ answered the prince gently; ‘wherefore wilt thou take my meaning amiss?’ 1998 B. Mazlish Uncertain Sci. iv. 120 King Lear misreads his daughters, taking deception for truth..and taking his daughter Cordelia's words amiss. b. To put an unfavourable interpretation upon (an action, event, etc.); to take exception to; to take offence at. to take it amiss: to take offence. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be indignant at or resent [verb (transitive)] to take in (also on, to) griefc1325 to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)c1384 to take agrief?a1400 disdaina1513 stomach1523 to take it amiss1530 to have a grudge against (to, at)1531 to think amiss1533 envy1557 to take‥in (the) snuff (or to snuff)1560 to take snuff1565 to take scorn1581 to take indignly1593 to bear (one) upon (also in) the spleen1596 spleena1629 disresent1652 indign1652 miff1797 pin1934 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 747/1 I take a thyng a mysse, je mesprens. 1595 N. Breton Marie Magdalens Loue sig. D4v Wee must not take it amisse, if we be left vnto the mercie of Gods holie spirit. 1638 W. Barwick tr. V. D'Audiguier Love & Valour 22 She told him, that her friends took it amisse, that one of his coate should so frequent her company. 1688 Pulpit-sayings 15 They must not take it amiss, if as they were misrepresenters then, they are esteem'd Misrepresenters still. 1780 S. Johnson Let. 30 May (1992) III. 263 You..therefore cannot take it amiss that I have never written. 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. viii. 119 A Hottentot..takes it extremely amiss if he is addressed by the words Pay or Jonge, as the slaves are. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. iii. 59 You will not take it amiss if I take a cousin's privilege. 1938 G. W. Howgate George Santayana 312 Santayana's dismissal of all scholarly apparatus, citations, references, etc., was taken amiss by some critics. 1995 K. Ishiguro Unconsoled ii. 25 If it's impossible, then please just say so. I won't take it amiss. P2. to think amiss: to consider (something) to be inappropriate, out of place, impolite, or offensive; to disapprove of. Frequently in negative contexts and often with anticipatory it as object. Also to think amiss of. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be indignant at or resent [verb (transitive)] to take in (also on, to) griefc1325 to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)c1384 to take agrief?a1400 disdaina1513 stomach1523 to take it amiss1530 to have a grudge against (to, at)1531 to think amiss1533 envy1557 to take‥in (the) snuff (or to snuff)1560 to take snuff1565 to take scorn1581 to take indignly1593 to bear (one) upon (also in) the spleen1596 spleena1629 disresent1652 indign1652 miff1797 pin1934 1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Pardoner & Frere sig. B.iii Som percase wyll thynke amysse of me. 1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie vi. f. 60 Neyther think they it amisse, for ye son to beare office, when they call to mynd that all his ancestours haue executed ye same offyce aforetime. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 109 Why should you thinke it amisse, that..I should counsaile him to refresh himselfe with a more easie and lesse violent kinde of writing? 1711 J. Addison Spectator 30 Nov. That Narrowness of Temper which inclines us to think amiss of those who differ from our selves. 1793 E. D. Clarke Tour S. Eng. v. 288 Having descended a mile or two, I did not think it amiss to enquire about an exhausted mine that I saw at a distance. 1838 J. F. Cooper Homeward Bound II. x. 145 The Lord forgive me..for thinking amiss of the two dear old people. 1919 A. Safroni-Middleton Gabrielle of Lagoon x. 197 She didn't seem to take the sailors' advances as though she thought them amiss. 1992 J. McBride Frank Capra (2011) iv. 81 Bob Sticht..would not think amiss of Capra being an immigrant. 2001 J. Marillier Child of Prophecy (2002) iii. 84 Perhaps..they would not think it amiss if I retired early to sleep. < as lemmas |
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