| 单词 | for the present |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor the present b. for the present: for the time being, for now. Formerly also †for this present, †for present. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > for the time being for the timec1390 for the time being1449 for present1559 for the present1559 presently1593 for the moment1754 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 8 Have you then for this present, your whole desire? 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vii. 5 b To whom, for the present they would giue no eare. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxxiv. 26) 275 Iacob gave place, for present, to his sons rage and fury. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 2 I..shall satisfie my self for the present to tell you, that..we sailed happily for some few dayes. 1709 F. Atterbury Serm. St. Brigit's 11 They desire to be excus'd from that Duty for the present. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. vii. 95 Her eagerness to quit the house gave way, for present, to the pleasure she felt at the sight of Mr. Monckton. a1861 G. H. Derby Squibob Papers (1865) xv. 177 The other wonders of New-Orleans for this present, must go unrecorded by this veracious historian. 1885 Bookseller July 647/1 For the present it [sc. the business] will be continued without change of name. 1939 Fortune Oct. 134/2 For the present she has not been made blockadeproof in any single important raw material. 1995 Economist 11 Mar. 142/3 For the present, however, outdoor free-climbing remains a liberating and unconventional activity. < as lemmas |
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