| 单词 | come as you are |
| 释义 | > as lemmascome as you are c. come as you are: used to inform those invited to an event that no particular dress code is prescribed and informal wear is acceptable. Frequently attributive. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1860 R. S. Surtees Plain or Ringlets? xv. 46 All our Rocks' friends..were well up to the ‘come as you are’ injunction, and treated it accordingly. 1906 ‘L. Malet’ Far Horizon xi. 109 ‘Dear old friend,’ it ran—‘the wife asks you to take supper with us to-morrow night... Yours faithfully, G. L.—N. B. Come as you are: no ceremony.’ 1966 Boys' Life Oct. 68/2 Beau Brummell always wears coat and tie to a come-as-you-are hop. 1991 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army (rev. ed.) xv. 211 Although out-of-area and unexpected, Operation Grandy was not entirely a ‘come-as-you-are’ war (the hurried adaptation of central region equipment and tactics to a distant theatre). 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Dec. e1/3 A new directive, increasingly common on invitations, urging festive attire. It's not black tie, it's not business dress, and it's definitely not come as you are. < as lemmas |
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