| 词组 | adhere |
| 释义 | adhere Copperud 1964 finds his risibilities tickled by such expressions as "adhere to a plan," but in his 1970 book he admits he is alone—nearly everyone else finds such use perfectly standard and normal. Little wonder: the OED traces this sort of use back to the 17th century and even quotes "adhere to a plan" from an 1897 book. The regular preposition is to: • I adhere to my resolution of not going there at all — Thomas Love Peacock, letter, 29 Nov. 1818 • ... how firmly they adhere to their own delusions — Times Literary Supp., 9 Apr. 1970 • ... causes all the fruit to rot, so that in digging up the plant nothing is found but foul matter adhering to the leaves —Sir James G. Frazer, Aftermath, 1937 Follett 1966 is dubious about the transitive use of adhere, even though it was to be found in the dictionary. It is in reputable use, and the use is most often both literal and technical: • The crystal was adhered to a prism of known index —Technical Highlights 1967, November 1967 • The hairs to which the fly is adhered begin to bend, and pass their prey to hairs nearer to the center of the leaf—The Sciences, September 1964 Occasionally figurative use of the transitive verb may be found: • The economic principles to which Mr. Simon and Mr. Greenspan adhere, and to which they adhered the unwitting Mr. Ford —John Kenneth Galbraith, Esquire, May 1977 |
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