英语词汇“for better or worse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. for better or (also for, or for) worse: used where an issue or outcome is doubtful or beyond human control; (hence also) expressing commitment to a course of action regardless of what may happen, esp. in the context of marriage vows (cf. quot. c1403). to better and to worse (in quot. c1450): to whatever may happen.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > for better or worse

for better or (also for, or for) worsea1393

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 673 (MED) For bet, for wers, for oght, for noght, Sche passeth nevere fro my thoght.

c1403 in W. G. Henderson Manuale & Processionale Ecclesiæ Eboracensis (1875) xvi (MED) I take ye to my wedded housband, to hald and to haue..for fayrer, for layther, for better, for wers, in sekenes and in hele, till dede ws depart.

c1450 (a1400) Chevalere Assigne l. 244 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 868 I woll putte my body to better and to worse To fyȝte for þe Qwene.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1173 The[y] were all condiscended that, for bettir othir for wars..shortely they all wolde rescow here.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lix^v And so for better or worse, the Frencheman called the Englisheman knaue, and went awaye with the stockdoues.

1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 122 For better for worse.

1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots Pref. sig. A4 As for the Style, you must do with it as Men do with their Wives, take it as you find it, for better or for worse.

1710 New Ballad, to Tune of Packington's Pound (single sheet) (verso) Sure we never took up our Opinions for Life, For better, for worse, as a Man takes his Wife.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 208 A young lady..who agreed to take me for better nor worse.

1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lix. 588 Mr. Towlinson..informs the kitchen..that him and Anne have now resolved to take one another for better for worse.

1871 S. Smiles Character i. 10 Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse.

1905 H. W. Boynton Bret Harte 85 He had also, for better or worse, a decided instinct to invest human nature..with certain attributes of ideal grace.

1970 P. Berton National Dream i. vi. 45 He helped change the course of the railway and thus, for better or for worse, the very shape of Canada.

2015 E. Wood My Secret Rockstar Boyfriend 298 Even if you're not a tabloid reader, it is of course all preserved on the Internet, for better or worse.

单词	for better or worse
释义	> as lemmas for better or (also for, or for) worse b. for better or (also for, or for) worse: used where an issue or outcome is doubtful or beyond human control; (hence also) expressing commitment to a course of action regardless of what may happen, esp. in the context of marriage vows (cf. quot. c1403). to better and to worse (in quot. c1450): to whatever may happen. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > for better or worse for better or (also for, or for) worsea1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 673 (MED) For bet, for wers, for oght, for noght, Sche passeth nevere fro my thoght. c1403 in W. G. Henderson Manuale & Processionale Ecclesiæ Eboracensis (1875) xvi (MED) I take ye to my wedded housband, to hald and to haue..for fayrer, for layther, for better, for wers, in sekenes and in hele, till dede ws depart. c1450 (a1400) Chevalere Assigne l. 244 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 868 I woll putte my body to better and to worse To fyȝte for þe Qwene. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1173 The[y] were all condiscended that, for bettir othir for wars..shortely they all wolde rescow here. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lix^v And so for better or worse, the Frencheman called the Englisheman knaue, and went awaye with the stockdoues. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 122 For better for worse. 1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots Pref. sig. A4 As for the Style, you must do with it as Men do with their Wives, take it as you find it, for better or for worse. 1710 New Ballad, to Tune of Packington's Pound (single sheet) (verso) Sure we never took up our Opinions for Life, For better, for worse, as a Man takes his Wife. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 208 A young lady..who agreed to take me for better nor worse. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lix. 588 Mr. Towlinson..informs the kitchen..that him and Anne have now resolved to take one another for better for worse. 1871 S. Smiles Character i. 10 Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse. 1905 H. W. Boynton Bret Harte 85 He had also, for better or worse, a decided instinct to invest human nature..with certain attributes of ideal grace. 1970 P. Berton National Dream i. vi. 45 He helped change the course of the railway and thus, for better or for worse, the very shape of Canada. 2015 E. Wood My Secret Rockstar Boyfriend 298 Even if you're not a tabloid reader, it is of course all preserved on the Internet, for better or worse. extracted from worseadj.n. < as lemmas
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