单词 | as best one can |
释义 | > as lemmasas best one can (also may) a. as best one can (also may) and variants: in the best way that one can, as effectively as possible under the circumstances. ΚΠ OE Recipe (Wellcome 75.46) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1890) 84 325 Cnocian, swa man betst mæge, & wringan þonne þa wyrta. lOE Distichs of Cato (Trin. Cambr.) xxx, in Anglia (1972) 90 9 Ne sec ðu no þurh lietas hu þe gewurðan scyle, ac do swa ðu betst mæge. a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Duodecim Abusivis (Lamb. 487) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 119 We sculen ȝefullan swa we best muȝen [OE Corpus Cambr. 178 swa we fyrmost magon] þes helendes biboda. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 8 Wher fore in laude, as I best kan or may..To telle a storie, I wol do my labour. 1480 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 37 The said merchand sall sell his corne to fremen as best he may. 1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) vii. sig. Yvv Perchaunce..The liuely spirite enclosde..doth wrye as best it may, And striuing long through passage smal doth get at length away. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 55 I haue thrust my selfe into this maze, Happily to wiue and thriue, as best I may. View more context for this quotation 1739 D. Crawfurd Unfortunate Dutchess 48 I stifled my Grief as best I could. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 103 Let him up-speik as best he may. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Feb. 4/2 A sympathetic ‘cock fowl’ singing as best he can. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 7 He was sheltering as best he could in the lee of the mizzen-mast bitts. 2007 A. Shreve Body Surfing 108 Sydney explains to Julie as best she can the concept of an oil painting. < as lemmas |
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