throw the book at 的定义
- Punish or reprimand severely, as in I just knew the professor would throw the book at me for being late with my paper. This expression originally meant “sentence a convicted person to the maximum penalties allowed,” the book being the roster of applicable laws. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s.
throw the book at 近义词
等同于 impugn
throw the book at 的近义词 38 个
- assail
- contravene
- tar
- attack
- blast
- break
- contradict
- cross
- deny
- dispute
- gainsay
- knock
- negate
- negative
- oppose
- question
- resist
- slam
- smear
- traduce
- trash
- traverse
- zap
- call into question
- cast aspersions upon
- cast doubt upon
- come down on
- cut to shreds
- disaffirm
- pin something on
- put down
- run down
- skin alive
- stick it to
- swipe at
- throw doubt on
- thumb nose at
- zing
throw the book at 的反义词 16 个
等同于 jail
等同于 penalize
等同于 punish
throw the book at 的近义词 47 个
- abuse
- chastise
- correct
- crack down on
- discipline
- dismiss
- execute
- expel
- fine
- harm
- hurt
- incarcerate
- sentence
- batter
- beat
- blacklist
- castigate
- chasten
- cuff
- debar
- defrock
- exile
- flog
- immure
- injure
- lash
- lecture
- maltreat
- misuse
- oppress
- paddle
- reprove
- scourge
- spank
- switch
- train
- whip
- attend to
- beat up
- do in
- give a going over
- give the works
- knock about
- rap knuckles
- rough up
- slap wrist
- teach a lesson
throw the book at 的反义词 17 个
等同于 sentence
等同于 convict
throw the book at 的近义词 16 个
- condemn
- imprison
- sentence
- adjudge
- attaint
- doom
- frame
- rap
- bring to justice
- declare guilty
- pass sentence on
- pronounce guilty
- put away
- put the screws to
- send up
- send up the river
throw the book at 的反义词 4 个
更多throw the book at例句
- Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
- Submission is less a novel of ideas than a political book, and of the most subversive kind.
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Her latest book, Heretic: The Case for a Muslim Reformation, will be published in April by HarperCollins.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.
- But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.
- If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.
- A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
- She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.