| 单词 | to take repulse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (also have, or give) (the or a) repulse ΚΠ 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iii. f. lcccvii In suche manner that it be not sayde, that wee haue hadde the repulse of youe. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxviij Then might they also be in the more hope to giue the repulse to the Turke, with all his violence. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 431 Pavlvs Aemilivs making sute for his second Consulship, was rejected and tooke repulse [Fr. en fut deboutté et refuzé]. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. F I went to the Dominican Monastery, and made suit to see it, but I had the repulse. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 54 Shaking his head, [he] gave him the repulse. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. iv. viii, in Wks. 96 Her Husband's Brother had given her the Repulse. 1713 J. Edwards Theologia Reformata II. ii. 249 Let us give a Repulse to the Temptation, by considering what Sin will cost us. 1755 D. Swift Ess. Swift p. xiii She makes Use of the Mediation of Friends: These have the Repulse too, his Lordship remaining inexorable, without any Inclination to Mercy. 1797 G. Walker Cinthelia IV. ix. 230 If I was to fall in love with you, and, in truth, I'm half tempted, I should not take any repulse. < as lemmas |
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