| 单词 | to look after number one |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look after (also look out for, take care of) number one 1. Oneself, one's own person and interests; esp. in to look after (also look out for, take care of) number one. Cf. one n. 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or selfhood > self > oneself or own interest onea1566 number one1705 1705 T. Pitt Let. 23 Feb. in W. Hedges Diary (1889) III. p. xcix The Knight I doubt not, but 'tis very careful of number one, and looks no further. ?1791 J. Bentham Corr. (1981) IV. 256 It concerns me to take care of number one, and not get into any more scrapes. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ix. 244 He had an eye awake to number one. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xviii. 176 Almost every person,..as it seems to us, is occupied about Number One. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. i. 5 He is not in the least addicted to looking after number one. 1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment (1924) iii. 48 A man was a fool if he imagined that anyone set over him was not looking after number one. 1959 L. Eby & J. Fleming Death Begs Question iii. 51 A hundred and fifty years of freedom has built up responsibility in these guys all right—the responsibility of looking after number one. 1991 Daughters of Sarah May 23/2 The career world values aggressiveness, looking out for Number One. < as lemmas |
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