| 释义 |
proffered, ppl. a.|ˈprɒfəd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Offered for acceptance.
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 513 Swich profred seruyse Stynketh, as witnessen thise olde wyse. 1539Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1552) 27 Profered ware stynketh. Seruyce yt is wyllyngly offered is for moost parte to be suspected. a1591H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 75 The very best worthy do refuse proffered promotion. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 4/2 Most commonly, proferede witnesse is reprehendable. 1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 766 Methinks such terms of proffer'd peace you bring, As once æneas to th' Italian king. 1777Watson Philip II (1793) II. xiii. ii. 155 The conditions annexed to the proffered indemnity. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxi. 464 The Dean refused the proffered mitre.
†2. Attempted; offered, as an injury. Obs.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 322 Through the proferred iniuries of naughtie people. |