| 单词 | in god's name | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also †a, †o', †on) God's name  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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