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

a. for company.

(a) In order to be with others or to be sociable; for the sake of companionship. Cf. par companye adv. [After Anglo-Norman par compaignie, pur cumpanie, Middle French par compagnie par companye adv.]

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [adverb] > for company's sake

for companyc1300

c1300 St. John Evangelist (Laud) l. 381 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 413 (MED) He gan haunti wakes, and for compaygnie he wax a syutor of tauernes.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 233 Quhat wit war jt..yat he suld brek his lautee to manesuere him for company.

?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 43^v I saw euery man run & I runne for company.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 223 Your meer Ignaro's, what they erre, they erre for company; they judge not at all.

1703 S. Centlivre Love's Contrivance ii. i. 25 Some Men love their Friends so well, that if they were to be hang'd themselves, rather than part from them, they'd wish them hang'd for Company.

1814 F. Burney Wanderer II. iii. xxv. 116 She had been forced to make the young music-mistress come along with her, for company.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 3 The little wife would weep for company.

1914 E. Breck & C. H. Genung tr. E. von Wolzogen Florian Mayr ix. 184 Ilonka knew where the cigarettes were for the ladies and she smoked, too, for company.

2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 126 We'd decided we were going to go over together. For company, sort of thing.

(b) As a companion or companions. Frequently figurative.

ΚΠ

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent i. 52 The Pope gaue him for company the Cardinall Campeggio, as Legate, who should follow him to the Diet.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxiii. sig. F11^v He has his sentences for Company, some scatterings of Seneca and Tacitus.

1796 Theol. Mag. Mar. 358/1 This young lady took another for company, who was younger than herself.

1824 Knight's Q. Mag. 2 116 Live and die, A lone enthusiast, near some northern lake, With your thick-coming thoughts for company.

1879 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Rhona I. xii. 310 She would ask for her own money and go and live in a cottage by herself with only a dog for company.

1954 P. Frankau Wreath for Enemy iii. ii. 156 I lay down to sleep with a violent headache for company.

2004 J. Williams Wales, Half Welsh 166 Working in an anarchist print shop off of the Newport Road with only a manic depressive teenage punk rockster for company.

单词	for company
释义	> as lemmas for company a. for company. (a) In order to be with others or to be sociable; for the sake of companionship. Cf. par companye adv. [After Anglo-Norman par compaignie, pur cumpanie, Middle French par compagnie par companye adv.] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [adverb] > for company's sake for companyc1300 c1300 St. John Evangelist (Laud) l. 381 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 413 (MED) He gan haunti wakes, and for compaygnie he wax a syutor of tauernes. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 233 Quhat wit war jt..yat he suld brek his lautee to manesuere him for company. ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce f. 43^v I saw euery man run & I runne for company. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 223 Your meer Ignaro's, what they erre, they erre for company; they judge not at all. 1703 S. Centlivre Love's Contrivance ii. i. 25 Some Men love their Friends so well, that if they were to be hang'd themselves, rather than part from them, they'd wish them hang'd for Company. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer II. iii. xxv. 116 She had been forced to make the young music-mistress come along with her, for company. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 3 The little wife would weep for company. 1914 E. Breck & C. H. Genung tr. E. von Wolzogen Florian Mayr ix. 184 Ilonka knew where the cigarettes were for the ladies and she smoked, too, for company. 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 126 We'd decided we were going to go over together. For company, sort of thing. (b) As a companion or companions. Frequently figurative. ΚΠ 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent i. 52 The Pope gaue him for company the Cardinall Campeggio, as Legate, who should follow him to the Diet. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxiii. sig. F11^v He has his sentences for Company, some scatterings of Seneca and Tacitus. 1796 Theol. Mag. Mar. 358/1 This young lady took another for company, who was younger than herself. 1824 Knight's Q. Mag. 2 116 Live and die, A lone enthusiast, near some northern lake, With your thick-coming thoughts for company. 1879 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Rhona I. xii. 310 She would ask for her own money and go and live in a cottage by herself with only a dog for company. 1954 P. Frankau Wreath for Enemy iii. ii. 156 I lay down to sleep with a violent headache for company. 2004 J. Williams Wales, Half Welsh 166 Working in an anarchist print shop off of the Newport Road with only a manic depressive teenage punk rockster for company. extracted from companyn. < as lemmas
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