| 单词 | for the look of the thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor the look of the thing c. colloquial. for the look of the thing: for the sake of appearances. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > for show or appearance [phrase] for (a) countenancec1386 for show1563 for the look of the thing1753 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. li. 370 The Bride-men and maids..would accept of his pew, which is over-against ours, for the look of the thing. 1837 New Monthly Mag. Apr. 543 I should certainly have liked my wife, just for the look of the thing, to have had a little independence of her own. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister IV. xiii. 217 ‘I shall go down and vote for them of course,’ said Mr. O'Mahony, ‘just for the look of the thing.’ 1910 ‘Saki’ Reginald in Russia 63 He often wished, for the look of the thing, that people would sometimes burn candles at his shrine. 1940 L. H. Myers Pool of Vishnu iv. v. 191 Why are they willing to die, and to send those whom they love to their death, for the sake of—what shall I call it?—the look of the thing? 2008 Western Gaz. (Nexis) 14 Aug. 6 People do not go to church for the look of the thing or for convention. < as lemmas |
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