单词 | to run crazy |
释义 | > as lemmasto run (a person) crazy b. transitive. To bring (a person or thing) into a particular situation, state, or circumstance; to cause, persuade, or drive (a person) to take a particular action, adopt a particular position, etc. Also with object complement, as to run (a person) crazy, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition set971 haveOE wendOE to bring onc1230 teemc1275 putc1330 run1391 casta1400 laya1400 stead1488 constitute1490 render1490 takea1530 introduce1532 deduce1545 throw?1548 derive?c1550 turn1577 to work up1591 estate1605 arrive1607 state1607 enduea1616 assert1638 sublime1654 to run up1657 1391 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1391/5 Oucht..that suld ryn ony man in prejudice of thair heritage. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 113 (MED) Willam Aldelinys sone ran Morices sone to harme. 1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 359 Distressed worldlings cry out, it was my owne folly that ran me into this danger. a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggg4v/2 These wild woods, and the fancies I have in me, Will run me mad. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iii. §7 For whatever is required as a duty, is such as the neglect of it runs men upon damnation. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 91 Atempted to run the Town into acts of Rebellion against our Prince. View more context for this quotation 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xlvii. 169 Who..had rioted away a great Part of his Masters Goods and Money, and had run his own Credit out of Doors. 1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 24 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1057 I should have avoided many follies and inconveniences which undirected youth ran me into. 1774 S. Johnson Let. 4 July in J. Boswell Life (1791) I. 437 I have done worse to Lord Hailes than by neglecting his sheets: I have run him in debt. 1828 Examiner 701/1 She had been running him into debt. 1845 Amer. Rev. Aug. 180/2 There is the dismal moan again! I must go down and stop that, or it'll run me crazy sure enough! 1879 H. L. Eads Shaker Serm. 149 Were he not a philosopher his very ignorance would run him mad. 1919 H. C. Sheppard Psychol. made Practical ix. 242 To let the energies of the intellect and emotions run us to distraction and perdition. 1942 L. Vollmer in Sat. Evening Post 22 Aug. 12/3 Fink's meanness had run his wife out of her head. 1988 Nature 4 Aug. 371/2 Successive governments have run us into a state which is shameful. 2003 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) (Nexis) 24 June 1 a He always said they ran him crazy. That was his main problem—stress. 2006 Bradenton (Florida) Herald (Nexis) 13 Dec. (Sports) 1 She never used her physical disabilities to get out of practice. I ran her crazy because I wanted her to show me that she really wanted it. < as lemmas |
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