词组 | take (one) for dead |
释义 | take (one) for deadTo mistakenly assume or believe that one is dead. The bandits took the woman for dead, but she survived and swore revenge against them all. I took the creature for dead, but it leaped up and bit me on the arm when I approached it. take someone for deadto assume that someone who is still alive is dead. When we found her, we took her for dead, but the paramedics were able to revive her. He was taken for dead and abandoned. take someone for someone or something to perceive someone as someone or something. I took you for a fairly even-tempered person. You aren't. Alice took Jim for a gentleman—which he was. taken for deadappearing to be dead; assumed to be dead. I was so ill with the flu that I was almost taken for dead. The accident victims were so seriously injured that they were taken for dead at first. |
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