| 单词 |
mischoose |
| 释义 |
misˈchoose, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. and intr. To choose wrongly; to make a wrong choice (of).
c1250Gen. & Ex. 190 In ðe moste and in ðe leste he [sc. Adam] forles His louerd-hed quuanne he mis-ches. a1407Scogan Moral Ballad 187, I wolde be sory, if that ye mis⁓chese. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxv. §5 Unlesse they [sc. ceremonies] be either greatly mischosen..or els [etc.]. 1601Stow Ann. 1286 (an. 1596) But that we mischose the daie attempting so great a worke vpon his daie of rest. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. i. vii. (1848) 89 If th' end be not mischosen, the means are to be estimated by their tendency thereunto. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Shakspere (1850) 149 The madness with which the passing age mischooses the object on which all candles shine.
So misˈchoosing vbl. n., misˈchosen ppl. a.
c1400Rule St. Benet (Verse) 2247 Þai sal cum To reknyng on þe day of dome For þer myschesing þam omang. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxii. §20 This and the like mischosen resemblances. 1643Milton Divorce Wks. 1851 IV. 52 To..shut up..the one with a mischosen mate, the other in a mistaken calling. Ibid. 87 Whom..onely marriage ruins, which doubtlesse is not the fault of that ordinance, for God gave it as a blessing, nor alwayes, of mans mis⁓choosing. 1895Century Mag. Aug. 577/1 [A cat] whose mis-chosen tail was already a source of questioning self-contemplation. |
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