单词 | to like good |
释义 | > as lemmasto like good (a) In impersonal constructions and (now chiefly) with non-referential it as subject and that-clause or infinitive as complement, as to seem (also appear) good, †to like good (cf. like v.1), †to think good (cf. think v.1). ΚΠ OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iv. iv. 266 Me is þus geþuht god [L. mihi uisum est bonum], þæt gehwilc man ete & drince & bruce þære blisse of his agnum weorce & gewinne. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5030 Ȝiff himm þinnkeþþ god. he maȝȝ Þe ȝifenn he[o]ffness blisse. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. i. 57 Glosynge þe Gospel as hem good likeþ. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. v. f. lxv That other shalle answere as hyr semeth good. c1500 Melusine (1895) 108 Madame, yf it lyke you good they doo soo, I assent gladly therto. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Confirmacion f. ix* It is thought good that none hereafter shall be confirmed, but suche [etc.]. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 95 To charge the enemie by land..if it seemed good to her Highnesse so to doe. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. x. 41 It seemed good..to his Holinesse, not to canonize Garnet..but onely to beatificate him. 1793 E. Burke Let. 6 Nov. in Corr. (1963) VII. 473 It has not yet appeared good to the Politicks of Ministers here or abroad to permit [etc.]. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Bankrupt The Lord Chancellor grants a commission to such discreet persons as to him shall seem good, who are then styled commissioners of bankrupt. 1881 T. W. Fowle Poor Law iv. 86 Paupers who, as they must be maintained somehow, it was thought good should be set to work. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 3/1 A [golf] championship has never once been played in the West of England—and..it seemed good to the delegates to form a sub-committee..to look into the causes. 2010 P. Fisk In the Trees 237 I went to the government, and I put it to them that they should allow us to settle on this land. And it seemed good to the government too. They allowed me a thousand acres. < as lemmas |
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