| 单词 | to put on his or her honour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (a person) on his or her honour b. to put (a person) on his or her honour (and variants): to oblige or expect (a person) to act honourably, or according to his or her word of honour. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] obligea1325 conclude1393 astrainc1475 astringe1523 obstringe1528 obligate1533 bind1549 debt-bind1563 astrictc1600 tie1608 engage1642 to put (a person) on his or her honour1656 pin1710 1656 tr. R. Hutton Reports 87 It is no deminution of his Honor, to be sworn concerning that which he would not have to be put upon his Honor. 1730 D. Turner Force Mother's Imagination upon Fœtus 42 I must put you upon your Honour; did you, bona fide, take the trouble of this Enquiry? 1743 Erskine tr. A. F. Prévost d'Exiles Mem. & Adventures Marquis de Bretagne & Duc d'Harcourt III. xiii. 88 I will put them upon honour to say what they really think. 1805 G. Colman Who wants Guinea? iii. i. 31 That's tellings.—He ha' put I upon honour. 1895 G. Atherton Whirl Asunder vi. 86 You have placed me on my honor. 1919 Thrill Bk. 1 Sept. 18/2 He practically put you on honor to preserve Nita's happiness at the cost of your own. 2010 S. King Full Dark, No Stars 66 You make sure you tell them that you've never driven in town before. I'm putting you on your honor, son. < as lemmas |
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