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单词 to stick it
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to stick it
b. transitive. colloquial (chiefly British). To accept or tolerate (an unpleasant or unwelcome person or situation); to put up with, to endure. Frequently in to stick it. Usually in negative constructions, esp. with can't, couldn't, etc.See also to stick it out at Phrasal verbs 1 which is recorded earlier.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] > endure without giving way > endure a person
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1896 Let. 14 Sept. in Illustr. Police News 26 Sept. 8/1 Father,—I cannot stick this any longer. I have not now been in bed for thirteen nights, been walking the streets all night, and what little I get to eat I have to beg.
1899 Daily News 26 Oct. 6/6 He got on all right with his wife, but he could not ‘stick’ his mother-in-law.
1900 Daily News 1 Jan. 3/2 They're big men, and they look as if they can ‘stick it’.
1928 Daily Tel. 27 Mar. 9/1 I resigned..because I could stick the chief's bullying no longer.
1929 H. A. Vachell Virgin iv. 80 June wondered if she could ‘stick’ London. She had to stick it, so why not make the best of it?
1940 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 10 Apr. 5/5 This is the worst hell either one of us has gone through. I don't know how much longer we can stick it.
1960 D. Storey This Sporting Life i. ii. 29 I couldn't stick the sight of him standing up there against the Batley skyline.
1986 D. Athill After Funeral v. 119 No one can stick me for more than three weeks.
1997 J. Wilson Lottie Project (1998) 163 I can't stick it when you throw a moody like this.
2004 J. Burchill Sugar Rush (2005) 27 I can't stick this much longer.
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