英语词汇“to wash one's hands of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. Phrase, to wash one's hands of: to disown responsibility for; to refuse to have any further connection with.So in French and other modern languages; originally an allusion to Pilate's washing his hands (Matthew xxvii. 24).

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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > disown responsibility for

to wash one's hands of?1554

?1554 Lady J. Grey Epist. sig. Bvij I wil wash my hands giltles thereof.

1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 53 Pilat wesching his handis of ye deid of Chryst.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 62 I entend to spend my breath no longer upon them, but to wash my hands quite of the busines.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. i. 11 Mony is but Dirt Sir Joseph—Mere Dirt. Sir Jo. But I profess, 'tis a Dirt I have wash'd my Hands of at present.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 253 He said, he should wash his hands before all the world from the least imputation of slackness.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. iii. 165 ‘Then I wash my Hands of you,’ cries the Doctor.

1766 Walpole Let. Lady Coke 3 Mar. Politics, of which I washed my hands for ever when I came away.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House vi. 53 He had entirely washed his hands of the difficulty, and it had become ours.

1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Knight-errant I. iv. 65 You are incorrigible. I wash my hands of you.

单词	to wash one's hands of
释义	> as lemmas to wash one's hands of e. Phrase, to wash one's hands of: to disown responsibility for; to refuse to have any further connection with.So in French and other modern languages; originally an allusion to Pilate's washing his hands (Matthew xxvii. 24). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > disown responsibility for to wash one's hands of?1554 ?1554 Lady J. Grey Epist. sig. Bvij I wil wash my hands giltles thereof. 1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 53 Pilat wesching his handis of ye deid of Chryst. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 62 I entend to spend my breath no longer upon them, but to wash my hands quite of the busines. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. i. 11 Mony is but Dirt Sir Joseph—Mere Dirt. Sir Jo. But I profess, 'tis a Dirt I have wash'd my Hands of at present. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 253 He said, he should wash his hands before all the world from the least imputation of slackness. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. iii. 165 ‘Then I wash my Hands of you,’ cries the Doctor. View more context for this quotation 1766 Walpole Let. Lady Coke 3 Mar. Politics, of which I washed my hands for ever when I came away. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House vi. 53 He had entirely washed his hands of the difficulty, and it had become ours. 1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Knight-errant I. iv. 65 You are incorrigible. I wash my hands of you. extracted from washv. < as lemmas
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