| 单词 | to take no stock in | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take no stock in  b.  fig. phrase (colloquial or slang).  to take (large etc.) stock in (rarely of)): to be interested in, attach importance to, give credence to. Also  to take no stock in. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > believe			[verb (intransitive)]		 weenc888 believea1225 aglea1325 to give credence toc1395 faithc1438 to add faith to?1483 to give credit to something1533 credit1557 to take (large etc.) stock in (rarely of)1870 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > attach importance to weigh?c1225 chargec1320 set by1393 to attribute (much)1586 to stand upon ——1587 moment1598 to lay weight upon1600 reflecta1616 to take (large etc.) stock in (rarely of)1870 1870    ‘M. Twain’ in  Galaxy Oct. 575/1  				The ‘chance’ theory..is..calculated to inflict..pecuniary loss upon any community that takes stock in it. 1874    2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 378  				He..did not take stock in all the remarkable yields of butter reported in grass and hay. 1878    J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in  G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 216  				All which I do most potently believe, Taking large stock in Natural Selection. 1885    Homiletic Rev. Aug. 134  				Educated, and I believe scientific men, took stock in it [sc. Blue Glass theory of cure]. 1891    B. Harte First Family Tasajara v  				I never took stock of that story. 1902    Daily Chron. 1 Apr. 6/3  				There are many tales of the manifestation of natural gas in Sussex, which I do not take much stock in. 1903    N.Y. Evening Post 17 Sept. 6  				We take no stock whatever in the stories that the President was unaware of the effects of the rules which he signed. < as lemmas | 
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