| 单词 | to take ruth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take ruth P2. to take ruth: to take pity, to be compssionate. Also with of, †on, or †upon, indicating the object of pity or compassion. Now rare. ΚΠ c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 784 (MED) Iantail knyȝt, of me tak rewþe as þow art god & hende. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 1060 (MED) O hihe mageste..Tak of thi wofull womman rowthe. a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) xxxii. 8 Vppon me then thou wolt take ruthe. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1851/2 Taking ruth of their miserable estates. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxvii. 37 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 103 Will god no more take ruth? 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. iv. 121 Mayhap the miller will take ruth on me. 1906 A. Conan Doyle Sir Nigel vii. 76 I have prayed you to take ruth, and indeed I can do no more. 1949 D. L. Sayers tr. Dante Inferno (1950) ii. 80 Heaven hath a noble Lady, who doth take Ruth of this man thou goest to disensnare. < as lemmas |
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