单词 | for the love of god |
释义 | > as lemmasfor the love of God (a) for the love of: for the sake of, on account of. Frequently in emphatic declarations and exclamations, as for the love of God (see also for (also †fore) God's love at god n. and int. Phrases 1b). †Also for my (our, etc.) love: for my (our, etc.) sake. In later use only when some sense of the literal meaning is implied (chiefly in exclamations); in early use often merely idiomatic, corresponding to classical Latin causā, gratiā for the sake of (used both with a noun in the genitive, e.g. honōris causā, honoris gratiā for the sake of honour, and with a pronominal adjective, e.g. meā causā, meā gratiā for my sake, tuā causā, tuā gratiā for your sake); cf. also classical Latin pro amōre, used with a possessive adjective, e.g. prō amōre nostro for our love, and in post-classical Latin also with a noun in the genitive, e.g. prō amōre studiorum for the love of studies (6th cent.). With for the love of God cf. post-classical Latin Dei causa (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), pro Dei amore (6th cent.). In Old English the noun was often in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > for the sake of for my (our, etc.) loveeOE for the love ofeOE for (one's, a thing's) sakea1225 for sert ofa1400 for (also upon) a person's occasion1567 in favour of1605 for sake('s) sake1665 on occasion of (a person)1860 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 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxii. 51 Ic wille [þe oðewan] forlustlice for ðinum lufum [L. tui causa libenter]. OE Blickling Homilies 23 Eal þis he þrowode for ure lufan & hælo. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 7 (MED) I bidde and warni, for ðe luue of gode and for ȝuer lieue saule, þat ȝie hatien..ðes awerȝhede senne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14683 (MED) For þin dedes gode..We wil noght stan þe..Bot for þine werkes gain þe lau And for þe luue o þi missau. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 891 We shall destroy all the knyghtes of kyng Arthurs..for the love of sir Galahad. c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 163 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 74 Sa hyme, for þe luf of me, þat in my nam he baptis þe. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxii Required the Englishe lordes for the loue of God that the truce might continue. 1589 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 790 The Sauages came to the Island..and tore the two vpper strakes, and caried them away onely for the loue of the iron in the boords. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 826 Impose some seruice on me for thy Loue. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 82 For the loue o'God peace. View more context for this quotation 1661 W. Ames Good Counsell & Advice 12 Let none have occasion to say, that for the love of your goods, your liberty or your lives, any of you have forsaken the way of truth. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 8 Dec. (1948) I. 115 I begged Mr. Harley for the love of God to take some care about it. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 96 For the love of Mahomet, my dear Fakreddin, have done! 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 115 A Table Round, That was to be, for love of God and man And noble deeds, the flower of all the world. 1882 Cent. Mag. Feb. 488/1 For the love of heaven do something for me or I'll die, so I will. 1913 J. London God of his Fathers 69 For the love of your mother, hold your say, man. 1941 E. Linklater Man on my Back iii. 41 Can you not see that bloody machine-gun there? And for the love of God put your sights up. 1960 G. Durrell Zoo in my Luggage (1965) viii. 173 Don't, for the love of Allah, let her get into the china department. 1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 340 ‘Oh for the love of God you two,’ muttered John. < as lemmas |
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