单词 | live-and-let-live |
释义 | live-and-let-liveadj.n. A. adj. Designating or relating to the principle of coexisting peacefully with others and of accommodating mutual differences. ΚΠ 1885 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) II. 136 Two or three people are of no use, and are kept-on on the live-and-let-live principle. 1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War xv. 161 Our future..depended on the observance of the ‘Live and Let Live’ principle. 1957 L. F. R. Williams State of Israel 217 The belief that he was on the point of reaching some kind of live-and-let-live understanding with Israel. 2005 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 18/3 If we hadn′t enslaved these fellows..they'd have stayed in Africa and grown up as relaxed live-and-let-live types like Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. B. n. The principle or outlook embodied in the saying ‘live and let live’. ΚΠ 1936 ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed xii. 418 Servants..haven't the live-and-let-live of equals. 1972 J. Brown Chancer iii. 46 What's got into you, love?.. I thought you were always one for live and let live. 2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) ix. 168 One way and another the spirit of live and let live was broad and buoyant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1885 |
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