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单词 to throw oneself into
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to throw oneself into
a. to throw oneself into.
(a) To engage in with great enthusiasm or determination; to commit oneself wholeheartedly to. Cf. to throw one's heart (also soul, energy, etc.) into at Phrases 5.
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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 66v If no man do wittingly and willingly throw hymselfe into the case yt he nede to repente [L. se in pœnitentiæ necessitatem coniicit].
1595 L. Lewkenor Estate Eng. Fugitives sig. C2v To rid himself of both which inconueniences at once, he had throwen himself into this headlong action.
1661 tr. B. Dordevic Rarities of Turkey i. 45 When a Conquest is declared, the Cities straight throw themselves into all delights and joyings.
1699 J. Shipton tr. N. Malebranche Treat. Morality xii. 119 Every one rashly throws himself into the Conversation of the World.
1711 in Cal. State Papers Amer. & W. Indies (1924) XXV. 442 Many of the offenders..by reason of such their guilt and thro' a despair of our mercy, may throw themselves into evil courses of life.
1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres III. iv. 119 Whenever he [sc. a poet] is apprehensive of tiring or disgusting his readers, he will intirely quit that particular species for a while, and throw himself into the epic or dramatic.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. viii. 184 And try to restrain the disproportionate fervour with which you throw yourself into common-place home pleasures.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 46 He was..prepared to throw himself heart and soul into any project.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. ix. 783 They were not throwing themselves into their parts.
2006 Vanity Fair Apr. 246/3 She has thrown herself into her charitable work.
(b) to throw oneself into the arms of.
(i) To place oneself under the control or protection of, esp. suddenly or hastily. Cf. arm n.1 Phrases 2a.
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1612 W. Shute tr. T. de Fougasses Gen. Hist. Venice ii. 340 Octauio..did on a sodain determine by a precipitate councell, to throw himselfe into the armes of the same Spaniards [Fr. se ietter entre les mains des mesmes Espagnols] of whom he had receiued so many wrongs.
1649 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Use of Passions Pref. sig. C4v Forsaking his lawful Soveraign, he threw himself into the arms of an Usurper.
1726 J. Trapp Popery iii. 213 To throw themselves into the Arms of That Church, be Attrite for their Sins, confess them to a Priest, and receive his Absolution, and they are safe.
1777 W. Barron Hist. Colonization Free States Antiq. iv. 129 If Athens should not yield to their pretensions, they needed only to throw themselves into the arms of Sparta.
1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 159 Mazzini..blames the Milanese for throwing themselves into the arms of an Italian.
1891 H. W. Bellew Inq. Ethnogr. Afghanistan 41 He..retraced his steps to throw himself into the arms of Ghiathuddin Malik Kurd.
1922 New Catholic World May 221 For a long time..I have thrown myself into the arms of the Blessed Virgin, and I dread nothing, not even death.
1981 Economist 24 Jan. 43/1 The unionist Syrian Baathists threw themselves into the arms of Egypt's President Nasser.
2011 D. Hahn tr. M. Dueñas Time In Between xxxv. 351 Beigbeder was not so incautious that he would throw himself into the arms of a foreign country.
(ii) Esp. of a woman: to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with, esp. hastily or precipitately. Cf. Phrases 1c.
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1668 J. B. tr. A.-M.-L. d'Orléans Characters or Pourtraicts Present Court France 61 She had formerly some thoughts of marrying the Arch-Duke Leopold of Austria.., which obliged his Majesty to have a Guard attending her,..lest she should throw her self into his Arms.
1699 J. Harris Love's Lottery i. ii. 3 I have known a handsome young Lady of Sixteen, throw her self into the gouty Arms of Threescore and Ten.
1714 Life & Death J. Shore 5 The Fair Citizen.., making her Escape from her Husband, threw herself into the Arms of the Amorous Monarch.
1750 Ladies' Mag. 14 July 273/1 Suppose, Madam, a Woman of an illustrious and antient Descent..should throw herself into the Arms of a Man of small Fortune.
1824 Ld. J. Russell Mem. Affairs Europe I. ii. iii. 466 The Duke of Orleans, disgusted with his marriage, threw himself into the arms of a mistress.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 231 Their wives were throwing themselves into the arms of other men.
1933 Observer 5 Nov. 11/4 The husband,..throwing himself into the arms of another woman.
2006 K. Butcher Chat Room 81 You're so desperate to have a boyfriend you don't care who the guy is. You'd throw yourself into the arms of the Boston Strangler if he looked at you sideways!
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