英语词汇“all a person asks”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P6. all a person asks (for) and variants: the only thing, or the most, that a person demands or requires, usually with the implication that the requirement is modest.

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1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker Ep. Ded. sig. A2 And if the world giue me good words, tis all I aske of it.

1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. iv, in Wks. I. 576 Driue 'hem out of your companie, 'tis all I aske.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 292 'Tis all I ask this cruel Race to shun.

1731 G. Lillo London Merchant v. ii. 65 The last of Curses to other miserable Maids, is all I ask for my Relief, and that's deny'd me.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii. 42 His liberty is all he asks.

1823 Times 20 Jan. 1/5 All they asked was for a re-modification of its terms.

1855 E. Brooks Speech in Senate Feb. 7th, 8th, & 13th 1855 10/2 All that Protestants have ever asked for is the reading of the Bible in our schools without note or comment.

1902 J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 59 All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

1989 G. Vanderhaeghe Homesick xi. 158 That's all I'm asking—that you try.

2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) i. 4 All he asked for was a bit of silence.

单词	all a person asks
释义	> as lemmas all a person asks (for) P6. all a person asks (for) and variants: the only thing, or the most, that a person demands or requires, usually with the implication that the requirement is modest. ΚΠ 1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker Ep. Ded. sig. A2 And if the world giue me good words, tis all I aske of it. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. iv, in Wks. I. 576 Driue 'hem out of your companie, 'tis all I aske. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 292 'Tis all I ask this cruel Race to shun. 1731 G. Lillo London Merchant v. ii. 65 The last of Curses to other miserable Maids, is all I ask for my Relief, and that's deny'd me. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii. 42 His liberty is all he asks. 1823 Times 20 Jan. 1/5 All they asked was for a re-modification of its terms. 1855 E. Brooks Speech in Senate Feb. 7th, 8th, & 13th 1855 10/2 All that Protestants have ever asked for is the reading of the Bible in our schools without note or comment. 1902 J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 59 All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. 1989 G. Vanderhaeghe Homesick xi. 158 That's all I'm asking—that you try. 2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) i. 4 All he asked for was a bit of silence. extracted from askv. < as lemmas
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