英语词汇“at a person's pleasure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. at a person's pleasure: as or when a person pleases. during a person's pleasure: while a person pleases. at (also during) His (also Her) Majesty's pleasure and variants: (originally) according to the will of the sovereign; (now usually) spec. (with reference to the sentencing of criminals) in custody; in prison. Cf. sense 2.

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c1425 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 152 (MED) Good mestrys, I dew recumend me to yower pety, Bececheyng yow..at yowre pleysuer to thynke vpon me.

1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 44/1 Lifte up and close the seid lef att their pleser.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. xvii I drynke and ete at my playsyr.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxv. 137 I shall make you amendes at your pleasures.

1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 460 He being absent at the plesour of God.

1621 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 316 My lord chancellor [sc. Bacon] was this daie censured to go to the tower duringe the Kinges pleasure.

1642 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1888) II. v. 153 Did not the people that sent them look upon them as a body but temporary, and dissoluble at his majesty's pleasure?

1688 London Gaz. No. 2389/3 Deputed to this Coadministration during the Pleasure of his Holiness and the Apostolick See.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. 250 Mr. B. presses him to accept of a Place at his Table, at his Pleasure.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 320 Whom the..housekeeper..huffed about at her pleasure.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxv. 317 He's not to die. 'Tis confinement during her Majesty's pleasure.

1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 61 §2 A Secretary..who shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 445 Let him be taken..and detained in custody in Mountjoy prison during His Majesty's pleasure and there be hanged by the neck.

1982 A. Maupin Further Tales of City 102 You said you would love me unconditionally, at my pleasure.

1992 Face Feb. 8/2 We ex-hoolies (as you choose to call us) have not just disappeared back into pubs, family life, or holidays at Her Majesty's pleasure.

单词	at a person's pleasure
释义	> as lemmas at a person's pleasure P1. at a person's pleasure: as or when a person pleases. during a person's pleasure: while a person pleases. at (also during) His (also Her) Majesty's pleasure and variants: (originally) according to the will of the sovereign; (now usually) spec. (with reference to the sentencing of criminals) in custody; in prison. Cf. sense 2. ΚΠ c1425 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 152 (MED) Good mestrys, I dew recumend me to yower pety, Bececheyng yow..at yowre pleysuer to thynke vpon me. 1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 44/1 Lifte up and close the seid lef att their pleser. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. xvii I drynke and ete at my playsyr. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxv. 137 I shall make you amendes at your pleasures. 1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 460 He being absent at the plesour of God. 1621 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 316 My lord chancellor [sc. Bacon] was this daie censured to go to the tower duringe the Kinges pleasure. 1642 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1888) II. v. 153 Did not the people that sent them look upon them as a body but temporary, and dissoluble at his majesty's pleasure? 1688 London Gaz. No. 2389/3 Deputed to this Coadministration during the Pleasure of his Holiness and the Apostolick See. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. 250 Mr. B. presses him to accept of a Place at his Table, at his Pleasure. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 320 Whom the..housekeeper..huffed about at her pleasure. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxv. 317 He's not to die. 'Tis confinement during her Majesty's pleasure. 1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 61 §2 A Secretary..who shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 445 Let him be taken..and detained in custody in Mountjoy prison during His Majesty's pleasure and there be hanged by the neck. 1982 A. Maupin Further Tales of City 102 You said you would love me unconditionally, at my pleasure. 1992 Face Feb. 8/2 We ex-hoolies (as you choose to call us) have not just disappeared back into pubs, family life, or holidays at Her Majesty's pleasure. extracted from pleasuren. < as lemmas
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