| 单词 | to stand at nothing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand at nothing 3. intransitive. To hesitate or scruple at; to be deterred by; to object to. Chiefly in negative constructions, esp. in to stand at nothing. Cf. to stop at nothing at stop v. 38c, to stick at nothing at stick v.1 Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)] to make bones of1520 to stick at ——1525 scotch1601 fear1603 to strain at1609 to stand at ——1632 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > be unprincipled [verb (intransitive)] > be unscrupulous to stick at nothing1525 to think it no conscience1578 to stand at nothing1632 1632 W. Attersoll Three Treat. i. 143 The first sort is of those that hope, but feare not: these runne through thicke and thinne, and stand at nothing; they feare not when there is cause, but they presume without cause. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 2 Men of large fortunes stand at no price for Swiss cattle. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. v. 323 To stand at no obstacles; to heed no considerations human or divine. 1890 F. C. Philips & C. J. Wills Sybil Ross xx. 147 He is not a man who stands at trifles. 1942 Manch. Guardian 4 Aug. 4/4 We are at war with the ‘dirtiest’ gangsters the world has ever known..they stand at nothing, and their only ‘ideals’ are killing off any race but themselves. < as lemmas |
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