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单词 to or after one's appetite
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to or after one's appetite
2. vaguely, Inclination, preference, liking, fancy. to or after one's appetite: just as one pleases, so as to suit one's tastes. archaic.
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1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 71 That I myghte vse my lif to myn appetyte and..be at my fre wyll.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ei Syr ye shall folowe myne appetyte and intent.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Z.ij This oratour spake after the appetite of them that bee in prosperitie.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 13 I haue an appetite, it were best for me to take a nap.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. v. 237 He will make a treaty according to the appetite and pleasure of his Highness.
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