| 单词 | best wisher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbest wisher best wisher n. a person who wishes the best for another person or thing; cf. well-wisher n. 1. ΚΠ 1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 37v Hee began to forsake all companie;..which..was by many of his best wishers infinitely lamented. 1674 M. Scrivener Course Divinity i. xxviii. 118 The Devotion and Bounty of the best Wishers to it [sc. Christs Empire]. 1799 A. A. Hutchinson Exhib. of Heart IV. xi. 217 Nor can his best wishers, expressive of true regard, desire this life of ceaseless pain prolonged. 1835 Court Mag. Feb. 88/2 Sir George has assured us that, so far from opposing this festival, he was one of its best wishers. 1844 Edith Leslie II. viii. 279 [He] sought a chair for his fair hostess and best wisher. 1987 Lawrence (Kansas) Jrnl.-World 21 Jan. a4/2 ‘Don't, Gary, don't,’ his best wishers..were imploring the former Democratic front-runner. < as lemmas |
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