单词 | for good |
释义 | > as lemmasfor good a. for good. extracted from goodadj.n.adv.int. (a) Permanently, for a final time, once and for all. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > as a final act or once for all once for alla1400 for good1476 for best1641 once for ado1642 once and for all1814 1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 495 [They] offryd to afferme and advowe my tytell for goode. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 July (1948) I. 308 This day I left Chelsea for good (that's a genteel phrase). 1833 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) 13 370 If I could have got my trunk I would quit for good. 1882 W. E. Forster Let. To Gladstone 10 Apr. in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) II. viii. 421 This morning we released Parnell—not for good, but on parole. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind iv. xxxii. 540 What I want is to get out of this fix, for good. 1952 A. John Chiaroscuro 233 Outwardly unmoved, I said goodbye for good. 1987 Society (Bombay) Jan. 28/2 The Chopras too were reluctant to leave India for good. 2001 Heat 17 Nov. 101/2 Promising that, this time, he really has changed for good. Has he 'eckers. (b) Also more fully for good and all. ΚΠ c1520 Parl. Byrdes (de Worde) sig. A.ii Than desyred they [sc. the birds] grete and small To mewe the hawke for good and all. 1576 L. Tomson tr. P. de la Place Treat. Excellencie of Christian Man sig. B.viv It must suffise vs for good and all, that his will was so. 1603 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1849) (modernized text) I. 25 D'Auval..is gone for good and all. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour i. i. 3 Ay, you may take him for good and-all if you will. a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 37 He was obliged for good and all to leave his country. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 11 I stopp'd to bid her adieu for good an all. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 324 Throw off, for good and all, the illusions of your intellect. 1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite iv. 267 If they parted she'd no need to live off him, they parted for good and all—if at all. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. i. 171 I was to go and live with them for good and all, and travel up the valley to school in Ystrad every day by train. 2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon xxiv. 344 When will Europe get the word that peace has finally broken out for good and all? < as lemmas |
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