英语词汇“for dear life”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 (one's) life (also for dear life, etc.): as if, or in order to, save one's life. Cf. dear adj.¹ 5c, for prep. 10c.Also hyperbolically in trivial use: (I cannot) for my life, (I cannot) for the life of me.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [phrase] > so as to preserve one's life

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c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 1078 Þat he ne miȝte for his liue Iso þat man wiþ hire speke.

1585 R. Lane Let. 8 Sept. in Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 14 [He] purposed..to have broughte mee, by indyrecte meanes and moost untrewe syrmyses, to the questione for my lyfe.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 76 For my life I could neuer attaine to any perfect knowledge thereof.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 6 I saw our Men..rowing for Life to the Ship.

1774 Dialogue between Southern Delegate & Spouse 8 Wou'd instead of Delegates, they'd sent Delegates Wives; Heavens! we cou'dn't have bungled it so for our Lives!

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xi. ii. 268 Not knowing how for the life of him to part with those flattering hopes.

1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 3) 10 Away—away—for life he rides.

1831 L. E. Landon Romance & Reality (1848) 354 We must row for our lives.

1843 W. T. Thompson Major Jones' Chron. Pineville 93 He..was climbing for dear life.

1872 B. Jerrold London ii. 23 Hard-visaged men, breathlessly competing for ‘dear life’.

1880 W. E. Gladstone in Daily News 16 Mar. 2/8 I cannot, for the life of me, see why it should be struck out.

1921 H. Crane Let. 17 Oct. (1965) 68 The man who would preserve them [sc. feelings] must duck and camouflage for dear life.

1946 T. H. White Mistress Masham's Repose v. 35 Immediately afterwards she spoiled the effect, by turning round and running for dear life.

1974 J. Gardner Return of Moriarty 54 For the life of me, I cannot remember his exact name.

2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 78/1 Bush is a ‘dry drunk’—someone who quit one day and is just holding on for dear life.

单词	for dear life
释义	> as lemmas for dear life (a) for (one's) life (also for dear life, etc.): as if, or in order to, save one's life. Cf. dear adj.¹ 5c, for prep. 10c.Also hyperbolically in trivial use: (I cannot) for my life, (I cannot) for the life of me. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [phrase] > so as to preserve one's life for (one's) lifec1275 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 1078 Þat he ne miȝte for his liue Iso þat man wiþ hire speke. 1585 R. Lane Let. 8 Sept. in Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 14 [He] purposed..to have broughte mee, by indyrecte meanes and moost untrewe syrmyses, to the questione for my lyfe. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 76 For my life I could neuer attaine to any perfect knowledge thereof. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 6 I saw our Men..rowing for Life to the Ship. 1774 Dialogue between Southern Delegate & Spouse 8 Wou'd instead of Delegates, they'd sent Delegates Wives; Heavens! we cou'dn't have bungled it so for our Lives! 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xi. ii. 268 Not knowing how for the life of him to part with those flattering hopes. 1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 3) 10 Away—away—for life he rides. 1831 L. E. Landon Romance & Reality (1848) 354 We must row for our lives. 1843 W. T. Thompson Major Jones' Chron. Pineville 93 He..was climbing for dear life. 1872 B. Jerrold London ii. 23 Hard-visaged men, breathlessly competing for ‘dear life’. 1880 W. E. Gladstone in Daily News 16 Mar. 2/8 I cannot, for the life of me, see why it should be struck out. 1921 H. Crane Let. 17 Oct. (1965) 68 The man who would preserve them [sc. feelings] must duck and camouflage for dear life. 1946 T. H. White Mistress Masham's Repose v. 35 Immediately afterwards she spoiled the effect, by turning round and running for dear life. 1974 J. Gardner Return of Moriarty 54 For the life of me, I cannot remember his exact name. 2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 78/1 Bush is a ‘dry drunk’—someone who quit one day and is just holding on for dear life. extracted from lifen. < as lemmas
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