| 单词 | to owe a grudge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto owe a grudge a. transitive. To have or cherish towards another (a feeling, regarded as something yet to be put into action); to bear (good or ill will). Now chiefly in to owe a grudge.For earlier past tense see ought v. 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional attitude > hold, entertain, or cherish (a feeling) [verb (transitive)] > entertain a feeling towards to look on ——lOE owea1375 to look upon ——c1405 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > be due to requite owea1375 oughtc1430 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2675 I beseche & preie fo[r] loue þat ȝe owe to þe lord, þat let ȝou be fourmed. c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale I. 746 Auarice..dooth wrong to Iesu Crist, for it bireueth hym the loue that men to hym owen. c1460–4 Paston Lett. (1976) ii. 18 I..haue owyn to your person ryght herty love. 1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 271 He told me þat he felt by hem þat they wold owe yow ryth good wyll so þat ye wold owe hem good wyll. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxx. 240 Ye do me greate wronge to owe me youre yll wyll. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxx To whom the Cardinall did not owe the best fauor. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 209 They..will wait two or three houres for some to whom they owe some speciall grudge, to bestow their curse vpon him. 1657 Lusts Dominion iv. i. sig. E4v All that love Which by innative duty I did owe her. 1707 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit (ed. 5) 203 There stands Jack Ketch, that Son of a Bitch, that owes us all a grudge. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 19 Being afraid the Boy might owe me a spight. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. iii. 188 They are..a Scandal to a Profession..which owes to such kind of Rascallions the Ill-will which weak Persons bear towards it. View more context for this quotation 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. xiii. 263 I can safely say I owe you no ill-will. View more context for this quotation 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xx. 273 I owe them no good will, considering the brunette one's treatment of me that night. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lviii. 298 She seemed to be constantly humiliating him, and for each snub that he endured he owed her a grudge. 1943 S. H. Bell Summer Loanen 60 ‘Naw, I will not,’ laughed Davie, ‘I owe ye no grudge.’ 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 May 9 Personally I owe Souness no ill will. I hope he makes a complete recovery from his operation. < as lemmas |
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