单词 | to reserve judgement |
释义 | > as lemmasto reserve (one's) judgement P1. to reserve (one's) judgement: to refrain from passing comment or making a decision at the present time. ΚΠ 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 69 Take each mans censure, but reserue thy iudgement. View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Howell Προεδρια-Βασιλικη 98 Let the prudent and unpassionat Reader weigh with leasure the foregoing Particulars, and reserve his Judgement till he hath run through the Reasons and Arguments of the other two Kings in order to a Precedency. 1739 E. Button Rudim. Anc. Hist. iii. ii. 273 But they by an angry Silence reserv'd their Judgment to a future Enquiry into the Authors of this Offence. 1849 Times 26 May 5/5 It is the duty of Her Majesty's servants to reserve their judgement until we shall be in possession of the full information. 1899 Folk-lore 10 236 How far these traditions may be trusted is a question on which I must reserve judgement. 1922 Printers' Ink 29 June 82/2 We ask you to reserve your judgment until after you have seen the new Illinois Zinc Shingles. 1966 Burlington Mag. Feb. 105/3 The other friends..declared themselves similarly impressed—except for Bonnard who reserved his judgement. 2005 Evo June 76/3 We'll have to reserve judgement on the M6's ability to carry speed over a typically tetchy British B-road. < as lemmas |
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