| 词汇 | take issue with someone |
| 释义 | Idiom take issue with someonetake issue with (someone) to disagree with someone or something.I take issue with people who say it is unpatriotic to criticize our government.Thorogood took issue with the story that he had a drinking problem, calling it a nasty rumor. take issue with (someone or something)To strongly disagree with someone or something or take offense at something. I take issue with the wording in this paragraph. If you take issue with me or my methods, feel free to hire someone else. take issue with someoneto argue with someone. I heard your last statement and I have to take issue with you. Tom took issue with Maggie about the cost of the house. take issue with somethingto disagree with or argue about something. I have to take issue with that statement. I want to take issue with the last statement you made. take issue withDisagree with, as in I take issue with those figures; they don't include last month's sales. This idiom comes from legal terminology, where it was originally put as to join issue, meaning "take the opposite side of a case." [Late 1600s] take issue withdisagree with; challenge.take ˈissue with somebody (about/on/over something)(formal) disagree and argue with somebody about something: I’d like to take issue with you about what you just said. |
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