| 单词 | to take something hard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take something hard P3. to take something hard: to be very upset by something; to react to something with anguish, anger, or distress. [After classical Latin graviter ferre.] ΚΠ 1627 T. Newman tr. Terence Eunuch i. ii, in tr. Terence Two First Comedies 59 Woes me, I feare Phædria hath tane it hard [L. vereor ne illud graviu' Phaedria tulerit] And worse then I did meane it, he was bard His entrance here last day. a1753 S. Bownas Acct. Life (1756) 127 Thou seems angry, and to resent it, that I should take it ill or hard, to be so treated by a Man of thy Pretensions. 1888 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Apr. 567/2 I was a bit feared she'd take it hard, but I thought it 'ud be better when 'twas done an' couldn't be undone. 1976 Los Angeles Times 11 Nov. (Sports section) 5/1 Like most serious athletes, they take losing hard. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xxiii. 276 He was profoundly mourned... Jean and Georgia took it hard. < as lemmas |
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