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单词 for a person's best
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for a person's best
3. With possessive adjective. What is most beneficial or advantageous to a person; a person's best interests. Chiefly in for a person's best (cf. for the best at Phrases 3b(a)).
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c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 1178 (MED) Ihc habbe go mani Mile, Wel feor bi ȝonde weste, To seche my beste.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 3141 (MED) My muse..seith it schal be for my beste..That y nomore of love make.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2456 Þai most nede part to seke þair beste [Fairf. to do þaire best].
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §269 I speke it for youre beste.
c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) v. 46 My best was more to loke Upon the writing of this noble man.
a1555 J. Careless in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 625 Reioyce in God.., euer submitting with all meekenesse, your will vnto his, whiche onely is good and woorketh all thinges for your beste.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 225 Ne for all his worst, nor for his best Open the dore at his request.
1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. Z4v I have..also to my best, avoyded that rashnes.
1682 J. Owen Disc. Work Holy Spirit xi. 213 I have nothing to do to Judge or Condemn the Persons or Duties of Men in such Acts of Religious Worship, as they chuse for their best.
1841 Queen Victoria Let. 6 Sept. (1907) I. x. 400 One must be thankful and grateful for these blessings, and take these hard trials as lessons sent from above, for our best.
1842 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. VI. xx. 318 Every one must..attend his best.
1947 R. Schairer in L. Bryson et al. Approaches to Group Understanding vi. 49 We do not hesitate to give ourselves into the hands of a doctor... We trust that he acts for our best.
1999 L. Bregman Beyond Silence & Denial v. 140 Always loves his children, always works for their best, and always forgives them.
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