| 单词 | to be wished |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be wished (h) in passive: esp. in predicative phrase to be wished = desirable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [adjective] > that is to or may be wished for to be wished1531 wishable1548 optable1569 wished1586 volible1675 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. ix. sig. Ri It is to be wisshed, that they, whiche..haue any autoritie, maye be like to the lawes, whiche in correctynge be ladde only by equitie. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Ded. sig. A2 More to be wished and much more durable. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 66 'Tis a consumation Deuoutly to be wisht . View more context for this quotation 1697 D. Defoe Ess. Projects 232 'Twere to be wish'd our Gentry were so much Lovers of Learning, that Birth might always be join'd with Capacity. 1788 C. Reeve Exiles II. 124 At length the day so long wished and expected came. 1876 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 2 June 708/1 The returns from the Cheltenham district were not so complete as might be wished. 1918 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 June 8/1 The first venture..was not, perhaps, as successful as could have been wished. < as lemmas |
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