单词 | if i were you |
释义 | > as lemmasif I were you a. Conditional clause in past subjunctive, with present or future sense (‘if you came’, ‘should come’, ‘were to come’ now or to-morrow). spec. if I were you. ΚΠ 898 Anglo-Saxon Chron. an. 894 Swa þæt he mehte ægþerne geræcan gif hie ænigne feld secan wolden. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) viii. 42 gif god wære eowre fæder, witodlice ge lufedon me [Lind. gif god faeder iuer uoere gie ualde lufiga..mec]. c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 27 He hit wolde slon, yef he hit michte finde. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1974 Yif he ne were, ich were nou ded. a1307 Thrush & Night. in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 241 This world were nout ȝif wimen nere. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 217 If Peter were now alyve..he wolde seie þei weren not prestis of Crist. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xviii. 30 If this were not a mysdoer, we hadden not bitakun hym to thee [1582 Rheims If he were not a malefactour, we would not haue deliuered him vp to thee]. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in Wks. 200/1 Yet wer it a dampnable errour to worship anye if we shoulde worship none at all. a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. B2/2 If I were given to that vanity..What a most precious subject had I purchased. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvi. 165 And if I were a king, it should be otherwise. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. vi. 109 If I were you, I should not think of the expense. View more context for this quotation 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. vi. 112 ‘Mr Rushworth,’ said Lady Bertram, ‘if I were you, I would have a very pretty shrubbery. One likes to get out into a shrubbery in fine weather.’ View more context for this quotation 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 3 I should very imperfectly execute the task..if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges. 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn II. xli. 30 ‘Of course you'll go,’ said Phineas. ‘I should, if I were you.’ a1899 Mod. If he were to come, what should we do? If he came, I should take to flight. If I were you, I would not do it. If they should meet you, it would be awkward. 1974 D. Gray Dead Give Away vi. 65 I'd lay off stirring up trouble for a bit if I were you. < as lemmas |
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