| 单词 | to owe it to oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto owe it to oneself (to do something) P1. to owe it to oneself (to do something): to be required or impelled to do something because it is in one's own interest; to deserve something (as a reward, etc.) for oneself. ΚΠ 1736 W. Popple Double Deceit v. 71 Tho' I owe you no Justification, that basely can believe so vile a thing of me, yet I owe it to myself. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams II. viii. 121 I..was finally convinced that I owed it to myself to withdraw from his service. 1823 M. W. Shelley Valperga III. i. 10 She believed, that she owed it to herself to revive from the kind of moral death she had endured. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) III. 284 I owed it to myself to consider the chances against me, before I confronted them. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxiii. 148 He owed it to himself to seduce her. 1992 Daily Star 16 Jan. 22/2 You owe it to yourself to let your hair down and just have some fun. < as lemmas |
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