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单词 to take in a —— sense
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to take (something) in a —— sense
(a) to take (something) in a —— sense: to interpret or consider (something) in a specified way; (in early use) spec. to interpret (written or spoken language) in a specified way.
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a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. B.iii He..sercheth out wythe all diligens what worde I haue spoken that myght be taken in the worste sence.
1581 J. Merbecke Bk. of Notes 1185 And the world knew him not. The world in this place signifieth all men: for it cannot be taken in a straighter sense.
1632 ‘T. T.’ Whetstone of Reproofe 302 Which wordes..if they be taken in the sense in which diuines doe commonlie take them, include no offence at all.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated ii. 22 Resistance is usually taken in an ill sence, as when the subordinate resists his superior.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 113 Yet the Island was certainly a Prison to me, and that in the worst Sense in the World; but now I learn'd to take it in another Sense.
1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad p. civ This axiom will greatly mislead us from the line of truth, if taken in a general sense.
1823 Philos. Mag. & Jrnl. 31 Mar. 195 If taken in a more extensive sense, [this observation]..may serve to throw some light on the laws of vegetation in general.
1860 C. E. Palmer in tr. Sophocles Œdipus Coloneus 49/2 Others can judge as well as I whether he takes it in a general senseas any necessary thing, or in the more particular sense of a close connection.
1957 A. Ellis Let. 21 Aug. in I. L. Reiss & A. Ellis At Dawn Sexual Revol. (2002) 71 Your point..is very well taken in a practical sense.
2012 B. Gupta Introd. Indian Philos. xi. 186 The respondent contradicts a statement by taking it in a sense other than the one the speaker intended.
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