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单词 Good Friday
释义 Good Friday
[See good a. 8 c.]
The Friday before Easter-day, observed as the anniversary of the death of Christ.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 403/27 A-morewe, ase on þe guode friday: ase he deide on þe rode.a1300Cursor M. 17288 + 81 Vse we ay after heghe ful of þe moyne to take þe next friday, And þat hald we our gode friday.c1400[see Friday 1].c1450Mirour Saluacion 2931 Thus myght doelfulle marye say on the gude fridaye.1532[see Friday 1].1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb. 30 So semest thou like good fryday to frowne.1635Quarles Embl. v. vii, Chear up, my soul..and bear One bad good-friday, full mouth'd easter's near.1791Boswell Johnson 18 Apr. an. 1783, On April 18, (being Good-Friday) I found him..drinking tea without milk, and eating a cross-bun to prevent faintness.1868[see Friday 1].
attrib.1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. vii. (1649) 242 Of these Greets are made the good Friday pudding.1753Trial W. Smith in J. Blackburne Reg. Ingleby (1889) p. xxviii, Mixing Arsenick in a Good-Friday Cake.




Good Friday agreement n. Polit. an agreement between the British and Irish governments and the main political parties of Northern Ireland, setting out proposals for the securing of peace in Northern Ireland, including provisions for the formation of new political assemblies and commitments regarding such issues as the release of prisoners and the decommissioning of the weapons of paramilitary organizations.
The agreement was reached at Stormont Castle, Belfast, on Good Friday (10 April) 1998, and its terms passed by public referendums in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on 22 May 1998.
[1998Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 31 Mar. Confidently forecasting a Good Friday agreement, he [sc. Senator George Mitchell] said: ‘I think I have enough experience to judge when something is realistic.’]1998Press Jrnl. (Vero Beach, Florida) 11 Apr. a15 President Clinton called the Good Friday agreement ‘the best chance for peace in a generation.’2001B. Ahern in Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 2 Feb. These are issues that are extremely important for the peace and security of everybody in Ireland and to see the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.
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