| 单词 | to wish to god |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wish to God (c) with object clause with past subjunctive (or indicative, e.g. was for were): expressing an unrealized or unrealizable desire (see also will v.1 32a), or in modern use sometimes a mild request (cf. 5). to wish to God: to wish intensely. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > wish [phrase] Christ wouldeOE God wouldeOE lief I were1297 to hope (also wish, etc.) to Christa1375 to wish to Godc1385 willc1460 would to God (also Heaven)c1460 goodness1623 971 Blickl. Hom. 93 Hie..wyscaþ þæt hie næfre næron acennede from fæder ne from meder. c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxxii. 29 Ic wisce ðæt hi wiston & undergeaton..hyra ende [L. utinam saperent]. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 56 Hi wesseþ þet hi hedden nykken of crane and wombe of cou. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 92 Þenne I wussche hit weore myn. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Thisbe. 755 Thys wall they woldyn threte And wysshe to god hyt were doun ybete. 1476 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) II. 11 Wherfore I wyst fulle hertly dyuerse tymez þat ȝe hadde ben here. a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 539 Therfor my frayltie I may bothe Curse and ban. Whissyng to God I had neuer knowen man. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 31 I wish my wish were as effectually ended as it is heartely looked for. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 24 That which rather thou do'st feare to doe, Then wishest should be vndone. View more context for this quotation 1625 J. Ussher Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. lxxiv. 315 I could wish that Mr. Lisle would take some pains in translating the Saxon Annals into our English Tongue. 1681 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 133 I haiue gotten a tasch upon me that I wisch from my hart it was well of my handes to your satisfaction. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 121. ¶8 I could wish our Royal Society would compile a body of Natural History. 1817 Ld. Byron Let. 25 Mar. (1976) V. 188 Heigh ho! I wish I was drunk—but I have nothing but this d—d barley-water before me. 1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve iv, in Poems (new ed.) 96 I wish the snow would melt..I long to see a flower so. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus ii. 24 ‘I wish to heaven I did,’ cried the manager. 1890 ‘L. Falconer’ Mademoiselle Ixe (1891) 75 I wish to goodness your people would give a dance, Evelyn! 1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road vii. 178 I wish to God we'd gone back to the boat. 1941 L. A. G. Strong Bay 7 I wish to God I knew how to begin. 1976 Daily Mirror 11 Mar. 7/2 Christopher..has been sent to Borstal... His mother said: ‘I wish to God we had checked up on him.’ < as lemmas |
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