| 单词 | for change | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor change  a.    for a change: for the sake of novelty or variety; (also) contrary to the way things usually happen. Formerly also † for change in same sense (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > variation			[phrase]		 > in order to produce variety for a change1568 1568    T. North tr.  A. de Guevara Dial Princes 		(rev. ed.)	  iv. vii. f. 125v  				To be serued with a rusty knyfe, to eat in foule dishes, & to drink for a change whot water. 1681    J. Dryden Spanish Fryar Prol. 33 sig. Aivv  				Our Fathers did for change to France repair. 1697    W. Dampier New Voy. around World xi. 314  				Take 6 or 7 ripe Plantains,..boyl them instead of a Bag-pudding;..this is a very good way for a change. 1776    L. Chalmers Acct. Weather & Dis. South-Carolina I. 96  				The diet should consist of well-boiled gruel.., and sometimes the broth of lean meat may be given for a change. 1842    Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in  Poems 		(new ed.)	 II. 48  				He..sick of home went overseas for change. 1876    F. G. Burnaby Ride to Khiva xviii. 168  				Anything for a change..we are bored to death here. 1918    V. Eliot Let. 13 Mar. in  T. S. Eliot Lett. 		(1988)	 I. 224  				I am trying to earn an honest (for a change) penny, by cinema acting, and have attained an unexpected success. 1969    A. Salkey Jonah Simpson 47  				Make you'self useful for a change. 2011    H. Pool Stranger in Taiwan 141  				Maybe something good was about to happen to me for a change. < as lemmas | 
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