make common cause

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cooperate, to enter into an alliance for a shared goal.
    — […] in a great community, the reformer has the voice and approbation of a majority to encourage him. In a very narrow circle he will have no part of the society, in which he lives, to support him against the rest. They will all make common cause against him, and sooner or later overcome his resolution, or break his heart.

词形变化

makes common cause present,singular,third-person making common cause participle,present made common cause participle,past made common cause past

词源

Possibly a calque of French faire cause commune, first attested in the same period (1787).
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