vouchsafe
动词 v.
英 /ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/
美 /ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
— If Brutus will vouchſafe that Antony / May ſafely come to him ...
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To receive or accept in condescension.
— Nancy's lips parted abruptly, as if there were angry words all ready to come; but her eyes, resting on Pollyanna's jubilantly trustful face, saw something that prevented the words being spoken. "Humph!" she vouchsafed. Then, showing her old-time interest, she went on: "But, say, it is queer, his speakin' to you, honestly, Miss Pollyanna. He don't speak ter no one; and he lives all alone in a great big lovely house all full of jest grand things, they say. Some says he's crazy, and some jest cross; and some says he's got a skeleton in his closet."
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To disclose or divulge.
— She vouchsafed to me that she regretted ever marrying him.
词汇关系
近义词
词源
From vouch + safe, written as two words in Middle English and early Modern English.
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