| 单词 | walk away from |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto walk away from 1. intransitive. to walk away from, to walk away with. See sense 16e. to walk away from a. to walk away from: to fail to deal with (something); to refuse to become, or cease to be, involved with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun overboweOE bibughOE fleea1000 forbowa1000 ashun1000 befleec1000 beflyc1175 bischunc1200 withbuwe?c1225 waive1303 eschew1340 refuse1357 astartc1374 sparec1380 shuna1382 void1390 declinea1400 forbeara1400 shurna1400 avoidc1450 umbeschewc1485 shewe1502 evite1503 devoid1509 shrink1513 schew?a1534 devite1549 fly1552 abstract1560 evitate1588 estrange1613 cut1791 shy1802 skulk1835 side-slip1930 to walk away from1936 punt1969 1936 Times 11 June 9/3 Surely the Government cannot walk away from its responsibility? 1963 Life 8 Feb. 4/1 The Kennedy proposals walk away from most of the tax reform problems. 1983 Times 6 May 15/4 No parent which itself took deposits..could expect to walk away from a subsidiary in trouble without risking a loss of confidence on the part of its own depositors. 1994 Voice 18 Oct. (24 Hrs. Mag.) 11/5 Frustration seems inevitable and it would be easy to throw in the towel and walk away from current problems. to walk away from to walk over (the course): (literal, of a horse) to go over the course at a walking pace, so as to be accounted the winner of a race in which there is no opposition; (in extended use) to win a race or other contest with little or no effort; also to walk over (an opponent), to be declared the winner of a contest because of the opponent's failure to compete; to walk away from, to outdistance easily in a race (in quot. figurative). Also to walk away with, to win (a prize), steal (a show), with ease; to walk home, to win a contest with ease; to walk round (U.S. colloquial): to beat (an opponent) easily. to walk in: to win an election easily. Cf. to win in a walk at walk n.1 Phrases 4.extracted from walkv.< as lemmas |
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