| 单词 | within one's rights |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithin one's rights (j) within one's rights: not exceeding one's entitlement or authority. ΚΠ 1847 Howitt's Jrnl. May 241/2 The moral sense of humanity has prohibited actions which—once deemed perfectly within their rights—would now be justly stigmatized as crimes. 1862 J. C. Morton Arthur Young's Farmer's Cal. (ed. 21) Feb. 63 The articles on which he insisted as the only terms on which his land should be let were quite within his rights as owner. 1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School II. i. 3 He is no doubt a clergyman of the Church of England, and Dr. Wortle was within his rights in asking for his assistance. 1958 Visct. Montgomery Mem. (1961) 359 A commander of national forces is always within his rights to make clear his views on operational policies to his superior. 2000 P. W. B. Semmens & A. J. Goldfinch How Steam Locomotives really Work vii. 255 Originally a signalman was within his rights to hold a train at a converging junction. < as lemmas |
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