英语词汇“out of the goodness of one's heart”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. out of (also from) the goodness of one's heart: because or by reason of one's kindness or generosity; for no personal benefit or gain. Now frequently with reference to something unwillingly undertaken.

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1834 Jesuit (Boston) 8 Mar. 75/3 I would wish to describe..the peculiar interest which the Holy Father takes in the prosperity of the Republic of Hayti, not only on account of the Church of which he is the visible head, but from the goodness of his heart.

1848 D. O. D. Sombre Let. 6 May in Refut. Charges Lunacy (1849) 274 I am doomed to suffer like a felon..only because I have persons opposed to me, who make use of the means I had allowed them out of the goodness of my heart!

1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny 120 He's a rattleskull of a laddie, Charlie, and does things..more out of the exuberant goodness of his heart, than that he means anything in particular.

1922 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 30 419 Service was regarded as a sort of economic second mile which the seller furnished out of the goodness of his heart.

1949 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 9 Oct. 5 Mrs. R. M. (Mary) Fahey..from the goodness of her heart oftentimes has been an unknown benefactress to infirmary patients.

1968 Newsday 9 Jan. 7/3 The owner of the house..said last night that the Johnsons were responsible for maintaining the boiler and ‘I am repairing it out of the goodness of my heart.’

1999 J. M. Coetzee Disgrace (2000) ix. 77 Don't expect to be paid. You will have to do it out of the goodness of your heart.

单词	out of the goodness of one's heart
释义	> as lemmas out of (also from) the goodness of one's heart P3. out of (also from) the goodness of one's heart: because or by reason of one's kindness or generosity; for no personal benefit or gain. Now frequently with reference to something unwillingly undertaken. ΚΠ 1834 Jesuit (Boston) 8 Mar. 75/3 I would wish to describe..the peculiar interest which the Holy Father takes in the prosperity of the Republic of Hayti, not only on account of the Church of which he is the visible head, but from the goodness of his heart. 1848 D. O. D. Sombre Let. 6 May in Refut. Charges Lunacy (1849) 274 I am doomed to suffer like a felon..only because I have persons opposed to me, who make use of the means I had allowed them out of the goodness of my heart! 1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny 120 He's a rattleskull of a laddie, Charlie, and does things..more out of the exuberant goodness of his heart, than that he means anything in particular. 1922 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 30 419 Service was regarded as a sort of economic second mile which the seller furnished out of the goodness of his heart. 1949 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 9 Oct. 5 Mrs. R. M. (Mary) Fahey..from the goodness of her heart oftentimes has been an unknown benefactress to infirmary patients. 1968 Newsday 9 Jan. 7/3 The owner of the house..said last night that the Johnsons were responsible for maintaining the boiler and ‘I am repairing it out of the goodness of my heart.’ 1999 J. M. Coetzee Disgrace (2000) ix. 77 Don't expect to be paid. You will have to do it out of the goodness of your heart. extracted from goodnessn. < as lemmas
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