| 单词 | to sell oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sell oneself e. reflexive. to sell oneself: to dispose of one's services for money; to enslave oneself. Also passive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell oneself or one's services [verb (reflexive)] to sell oneself1771 society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > enslave oneself [verb (reflexive)] slave1620 to sell oneself1771 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lii. 201 You have sold yourself to the ministry. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 375 Hast thou..brought home the fee, To tempt the poor to sell himself to thee? 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. ii. iv. 120 Is Bouillé a traitor then, sold to Austria? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 64 Money could be..obtained from the court of Versailles; and Sunderland was eager to sell himself to that court. < as lemmas |
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