| 单词 |
begrudge |
| 释义 |
begrudge, v.|bɪˈgrʌdʒ|
Also 4 bi-, bygrucche(n, bygroch, 7–8 begrutch.
[f. be- + grudge, ME. grucchen to murmur.]
To grumble at, show dissatisfaction with; esp. to envy (one) the possession of; to give reluctantly, to be reluctant. a. trans., and with inf. obj.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 62 And make him murie with þe Corn · hose hit euere bigruccheþ. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. xix. 125 Our Souldier..begrutcheth not to get to his side a probability of victory by the certainty of his own death. 1658A. Fox Wurtz' Surg. ii. xxv. 149 Begrudge not your labour you bestow. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. iii. (1852) 551 To begrutch the cost of a school. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. III. 290 They will..begrudg the pains of attending. 1861National Rev. Oct. 413 They did begrudge to pay the smart. 1862Trollope Orley F. xiii. 91 He had begrudged her nothing.
b. intr. rare. Obs.
1690Penn Rise & Progr. Quakers (1834) 69 And not begrudge at one anothers increase.
Hence beˈgrudged ppl. a.
1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xxxi. 117 Our common beverage—‘water bewitched, and tea begrudged.’ |
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