单词 | to take pride in |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (a) pride in 5. The feeling of satisfaction, pleasure, or elation derived from some action, ability, possession, etc., which one believes does one credit. Chiefly in to take (a) pride in. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > take pride in [verb (transitive)] to lift up oneself ofc1450 to take (a) pride in1582 bridle1747 pride1975 the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] > pride in something pride1582 1582 R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise ii. iii. 310 What more madnesse, than ether to take pride of it..or to endaunger my soule for yt, yf I see it in others? 1598 W. Rankins Seauen Satyres 17 That take a pride in damned Machiauile. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 6 Men of al sorts take a pride to gird at me. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 10 My Grauitie Wherein..I take pride . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cxvi. 30 To rescue one such friend he took more pride Than to destroy whole thousands of such foes. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 156 Her parental pride seems to overpower every other appetite. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 13 You will see the good housewife taking pride in her pretty table-cloth, and her glittering shelves. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 225 Achill Aga..produced, with natural pride and pleasure, the watch and pistols given him by the Prince of Wales. 1909 G. Stein Three Lives (1970) 16 Anna had great pride in the knowledge and possessions of her cherished Miss Mathilda. 1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys i. 66 I found that the oddest boys take a pride in their skill at arithmetic. 1991 Times Daily (Florence, Alabama) 16 Apr. b1/2 We used to take pride in doing the little things. < as lemmas |
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