| 单词 | for pity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor pity c. In exclamatory phrases of entreaty, remonstrance, etc.: †for pity; for pity's sake. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [phrase] > earnest expressions for (also fore) God's loveeOE for the love of GodeOE for God's sakec1386 for (also of) all lovesa1400 for love's sakea1400 in (also a, o', on) God's namea1400 of all lovea1400 for pity1484 for pity's sake1484 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. xix Helas for god & for pyte I pray yow that ye wylle hyde me within your racke. 1529 H. Latimer 1st Serm. on Card 27 Alas, for pity! the Rhodes are won and overcome by these false Turks. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 132 Alack, for pitty . View more context for this quotation 1619 M. Drayton Idea in Poems (rev. ed.) 270 Rebate thy Spleene, if but for Pitties sake. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 41 I except my speciall Friends, for pity-sake. 1771 P. Parsons Newmarket I. 36 Suffer me..to beg your opinion—but for pity's sake..let it be compassionate. 1814 E. S. Erskine Isabel 148 Fly not for pity!—stay! deluder stay! 1882 C. H. Hoyt Cezalia (MSS) iii. 47 Bright... (Aside) By Jove, I shall cry, if she doesn't stop. (Aloud) For pity's sake let up on the tear business Jean. 1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xix. 258 ‘What's the matter with her, for pity's sake?’ asked Herold. 1990 DC Action! No. 1. 7 Every night for a week, that same horrible dream..for pity's sake..what's happening to me? < as lemmas |
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