单词 | to do a good to |
释义 | > as lemmasto do a good to (ii) With to (also †till) or indirect object (dative in Old English). To show kindness to; to improve the condition of, be beneficial to. Also to do a good to. Also with non-referential it as subject and infinitive clause as complement (e.g. it would do you good to make more effort).Cf. to do oneself a bit of no good at Phrases 8b. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Let. to Wulfsige (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 13 Hi sceolon gebiddan geornlice for þone cyning & for heora bisceop & for þa, þe him god doð. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11806 (MED) Hu had he hert to sced þair blod þat neuer did til him bot godd? 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 217 I cowde nother ete nor drynke ony thyng that dyde me goode. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 18v Some of them doo good to the grounde the yeere folowyng. 1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. Fv It will do thee good to see What canuosing is at the milking time, betweene her and mee. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. iii. 24 I'de such a courage to do him good . View more context for this quotation 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. i. 17 I had no other end in aspiring to the Magistracy, than that one, of doing good to all. 1773 J. Berridge Christian World Unmasked 49 It would do you good to see, how smerkingly they go to church in summer. 1780 J. Boswell Jrnl. 22 Feb. in Edinb. Jrnls. 1767–86 (2001) xii. 377 Soup and small beer and toasted bake did me good. 1828 Museum of Foreign Lit., Sci. & Art July 231 In supporting such a project he has done a good to his country, which even England could hardly repay. 1842 Ld. Houghton Let. 28 Nov. in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. vii. 287 His pretty, dressy wife, too, does him no good, as she does nothing to please or attach the people. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket I. xxxvi. 239 We cannot do a good to America, but we give alms to the world. 1906 R. E. Beach Spoilers xxii. 308 If only by freeing this other villain as well as her uncle he would do a good to her, then he would not hesitate. c1934 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 109 I've chain-smoked for nearly five years; which must have done me a lot of good. 1980 J. Aiken Weeping Ash 85 It will do her good to walk her for a mile, till she dries off. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 7 Apr. (Gardening section) 9 The exercise will do you good. < as lemmas |
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