| 单词 | to pin one's faith on a person's sleeve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pin one's faith (also hope, etc.) on (also to) a person's sleeve b. transitive. To entrust (one's hope, faith, reputation, etc.) entirely to a particular person or thing; to make entirely consequent or dependent on or upon a person or thing. Frequently in to pin one's faith (also hope, etc.) on (also to) a person's sleeve. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute > to a person reputea1425 supposea1450 threaten1555 to threap (something) upon1559 to pin one's faith (also hope, etc.) on (also to) a person's sleeve1583 intend1615 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] > put trust in setc825 besetc1175 laya1307 putc1400 repose1538 pin1583 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] to set one's heart on (also (in)c825 littenc1175 leanc1230 fie1340 trusta1382 resta1393 reappose1567 repose1567 lite1570 rely1574 to set (up) one's rest1579 rely1606 to look back1646 recumba1677 to pin one's faith (also hope, etc.) on (also to) a person's sleeve1791 to look to ——1807 bank1884 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. iv. 184 I should..neuer pin my euerlasting estate in paine or blisse vpon so slender..perswasions. 1599 Life Sir T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biogr. (1853) II. 149 I never intended to pinne my soule to another mans sleeve. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 318 It is not good..to pin a mans knowledge vpon any particular mans sleeue. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. i. 11 Tradition..deserveth rather nailing to the Pillory, than pinning Faith upon it. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 4 Mar. Some pin..their Faith on..Hoadly. 1791 R. Broome Exam. Expediency continuing Present Impeachment 70 The members of both sides of the House pinned their faith on the sleeves of their leaders. 1828 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) II. 19 I now pin my hopes on a meeting at Dieppe. 1857 A. Mathews Tea-table Talk I. 92 She pinned her faith upon a horseshoe nailed upon the outer gate. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. vi. 70 I pin my faith to material interests. 1991 Motorboat & Yachting June 60/1 It's one thing to put a triangle on the chart to represent an EP (estimated position), and quite another to pin your faith on it. < as lemmas |
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