英语词汇“for love”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. for love: by reason of love (often placed in opposition to pecuniary considerations). Frequently in to marry for love.

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?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. T. ij They that marie for loue, shall leade their lyfe in sorowe.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 45 [Johnson] It is commonly a weak man who marries for love.

1868 Sat. Rev. 14 Mar. 340/2 It is only the old-fashioned sort, not girls of the period pur sang, that marry for love.

1946 G. Hopkins tr. F. Mauriac Woman of Pharisees ix. 100 The dead woman was still in his eyes a heroine who might have died for love but would never have been false to her plighted word.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Oct. 43/2 Lavransdatter′s..plot might be summarized as the story of a Daddy's girl who refuses Daddy's choice of a husband and marries for love.

e. for love: (a) without stakes being wagered, for nothing (applied to the practice of playing a competitive game for the pleasure of playing); (b) (in extended use) for pleasure rather than profit (colloquial).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb]

of or on the spleenc1460

for love1678

for fun1750

for the fun of the thing1751

for the fun of it1823

good for a laugh1835

for the ride1863

(just) for the hell of it1908

pour le sport1924

for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 58 For these, at Beast, and L'hombre, [you] wooe, And play for Love, and Money too.

1813 Sporting Mag. 41 296 A match of..single-stick, was played..for what is technically termed Love and a Belly-full.

1823 C. Lamb New Year's Eve in Elia 63 I play over again for love, as the gamesters phrase it, games, for which I once paid so dear.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxxii. 383 Mrs. Todgers..proposed that..they should play for ‘love’.

1879 H. C. Merivale Lady of Lyons i. 4 Points be bothered, I plays for love.

1930 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Oct. 8/3 She would be surprised to know that those games [sc. poker and twenty-one] were played for love.

1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana (1962) 154 He really does all this for love. You see, I saved his life once.

a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1992) 12 Jack Kerouac didn't write this book for money, he wrote it for love, he gave it away to the world.

2007 Northern Miner (Austral.) (Nexis) 30 Jan. 7 They were disappointed they were only playing ‘for love’ because scores wouldn't be officially registered.

单词	for love
释义	> as lemmas for love c. for love: by reason of love (often placed in opposition to pecuniary considerations). Frequently in to marry for love. ΚΠ ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. T. ij They that marie for loue, shall leade their lyfe in sorowe. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 45 [Johnson] It is commonly a weak man who marries for love. 1868 Sat. Rev. 14 Mar. 340/2 It is only the old-fashioned sort, not girls of the period pur sang, that marry for love. 1946 G. Hopkins tr. F. Mauriac Woman of Pharisees ix. 100 The dead woman was still in his eyes a heroine who might have died for love but would never have been false to her plighted word. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Oct. 43/2 Lavransdatter′s..plot might be summarized as the story of a Daddy's girl who refuses Daddy's choice of a husband and marries for love. extracted from loven.¹ for love e. for love: (a) without stakes being wagered, for nothing (applied to the practice of playing a competitive game for the pleasure of playing); (b) (in extended use) for pleasure rather than profit (colloquial). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb] of or on the spleenc1460 for love1678 for fun1750 for the fun of the thing1751 for the fun of it1823 good for a laugh1835 for the ride1863 (just) for the hell of it1908 pour le sport1924 for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 58 For these, at Beast, and L'hombre, [you] wooe, And play for Love, and Money too. 1813 Sporting Mag. 41 296 A match of..single-stick, was played..for what is technically termed Love and a Belly-full. 1823 C. Lamb New Year's Eve in Elia 63 I play over again for love, as the gamesters phrase it, games, for which I once paid so dear. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxxii. 383 Mrs. Todgers..proposed that..they should play for ‘love’. 1879 H. C. Merivale Lady of Lyons i. 4 Points be bothered, I plays for love. 1930 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Oct. 8/3 She would be surprised to know that those games [sc. poker and twenty-one] were played for love. 1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana (1962) 154 He really does all this for love. You see, I saved his life once. a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1992) 12 Jack Kerouac didn't write this book for money, he wrote it for love, he gave it away to the world. 2007 Northern Miner (Austral.) (Nexis) 30 Jan. 7 They were disappointed they were only playing ‘for love’ because scores wouldn't be officially registered. extracted from loven.¹ < as lemmas
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