| 单词 | for godsake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor Godsake b. In earnest appeals or exhortations, as for (also †fore) God's love, for God's sake (also for God sake, for Godsake, for God's sakes), in (also †a, †o', †on) God's name. for the love of God: see love n.1 Phrases 1a(a). on God's half: see half n. Phrases 1b(c). [With in (also †a, †o', †on) God's name compare Anglo-Norman a nun deu in similar use (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [phrase] > earnest expressions for (also fore) God's loveeOE for the love of GodeOE for God's sakec1386 for (also of) all lovesa1400 for love's sakea1400 in (also a, o', on) God's namea1400 of all lovea1400 for pity1484 for pity's sake1484 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. iii. 266 Ic þa la halsie & bidde fore Godes lufan [L. obsecro], þæt þu me gesecge hwæt se song wære. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) Pref. 2 Nu bidde ic and halsige on godes naman gif hwa ðas boc awritan wylle, þæt he hi geornlice gerihte. ?a1300 Fox & Wolf l. 36 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 26 Be stille, ich hote, a godes nome! c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8968 Madame he sede uor godes loue is þis wel ido Þat þou þes vnclene limes handlest. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4798 Ga we alle, In godds nam. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4800 I ȝou pray for goddes sake. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 854 What wel come be the Cut in goddes name. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. K viij These a Gods name wear their targettes again the shot of our small artillerie. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 15 For God sake let not my tutor know it. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 252 But what a Gods name doth become of this? View more context for this quotation 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. iii. sig. L4 For Gods sake, when will her Grace be at leasure? View more context for this quotation 1650 A. Weldon Court & Char. King James 103 For God's sake, tel me, said the King. 1706 J. Stevens tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (ed. 2) II. lxx. 408 Sleep o'God's Name..if thy Twitching, Pinching, and Pin-pricking will give thee leave. 1735 A. Pope Prol. to Satires in Wks. II. 101 Hold! for God-sake—you'll offend. 1799 C. B. Brown Ormond x. 108 What, in God's name, did she want with him at that hour? Could she not wait, at least, till he had done his supper? 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 173 For God's love, a little air! 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 28 For God's sake,..let it be at once. 1883 R. L. Gilchrist Apples of Sodom vi. 60 For God's sakes what is the matter? 1955 E. Hillary High Adventure 175 For God's sake, Charles, keep an eye on John! 1995 I. Banks Whit (1996) xiv. 234 Well, then, God's sakes, Isis!.. All the more reason to tell Salvador to take a hike! 2004 A. Levy Small Island ii. 22 Gilbert, what in God's name have you done? < as lemmas |
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