英语词汇“to pay off, rub out, etc, old scores”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative, esp. in certain phrases. to clear, pay, quit a score or scores: to requite an obligation; sometimes, to revenge an injury, to ‘be even with’ some one. †to cut the score, to cut scores: to forgive a debt. Also to pay off, rub out, etc., old scores.

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society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > an immaterial debt

debtc1386

devoirc1386

scorea1617

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > do one's duty [verb (intransitive)] > requite an obligation

to clear, pay, quit a score or scoresa1617

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (intransitive)] > release from payment

to cut the scorea1617

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > even or be even with

to clear, pay, quit a score or scores1707

even1856

a1617 P. Baynes Entire Comm. Epist. Paul to Ephesians (1643) (ii. 3) 209 God cuts all scores betwixt him and his children.

1634 H. Sydenham Serm. (1637) 70 That that Justice which is conferr'd on them, consists rather in the participation of Christs merits, who cut the score, than in any perfection of Vertues.

1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. v. ii. 147 Yet, forced by need, e're I can clear that score, I, like ill debtors, come to borrow more.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. ix. §90 To the Grandfather, there is due a long Score of Care and Expences laid out upon the Breeding and Education of his Son.

1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 252 Which she readily accepts, and perhaps does not make so much haste to quit scores, as Pride does.

1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. i Are you sure you do nothing to quit scores with them?

1787 J. Wolcot Ode upon Ode (ed. 5) 25 A pretty Way of rubbing out old Scores!

?1863 T. Taylor Ticket-of-leave Man iii. 56 There's the satisfaction of doing one's duty..but there's something better than that... Paying off old scores.

1913 E. Phillpotts Widecombe Fair xxx. 236 This evening..promised good opportunity to pay off old scores.

1918 L. Strachey Eminent Victorians 67 The old scores, they found, were not to be paid off, but to be wiped out.

单词	to pay off, rub out, etc, old scores
释义	> as lemmas to pay off, rub out, etc., old scores b. figurative, esp. in certain phrases. to clear, pay, quit a score or scores: to requite an obligation; sometimes, to revenge an injury, to ‘be even with’ some one. †to cut the score, to cut scores: to forgive a debt. Also to pay off, rub out, etc., old scores. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > an immaterial debt debtc1386 devoirc1386 scorea1617 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > do one's duty [verb (intransitive)] > requite an obligation to clear, pay, quit a score or scoresa1617 society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (intransitive)] > release from payment to cut the scorea1617 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > even or be even with to clear, pay, quit a score or scores1707 even1856 a1617 P. Baynes Entire Comm. Epist. Paul to Ephesians (1643) (ii. 3) 209 God cuts all scores betwixt him and his children. 1634 H. Sydenham Serm. (1637) 70 That that Justice which is conferr'd on them, consists rather in the participation of Christs merits, who cut the score, than in any perfection of Vertues. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. v. ii. 147 Yet, forced by need, e're I can clear that score, I, like ill debtors, come to borrow more. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. ix. §90 To the Grandfather, there is due a long Score of Care and Expences laid out upon the Breeding and Education of his Son. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 252 Which she readily accepts, and perhaps does not make so much haste to quit scores, as Pride does. 1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. i Are you sure you do nothing to quit scores with them? 1787 J. Wolcot Ode upon Ode (ed. 5) 25 A pretty Way of rubbing out old Scores! ?1863 T. Taylor Ticket-of-leave Man iii. 56 There's the satisfaction of doing one's duty..but there's something better than that... Paying off old scores. 1913 E. Phillpotts Widecombe Fair xxx. 236 This evening..promised good opportunity to pay off old scores. 1918 L. Strachey Eminent Victorians 67 The old scores, they found, were not to be paid off, but to be wiped out. extracted from scoren. < as lemmas
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