单词 | to speak good of |
释义 | > as lemmasto speak (also say, think, etc.) good of (b) to speak (also say, think, etc.) good of: to speak (think, etc.) well of. Cf. well adv. 2a(d). ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 62 Huanne me zayþ guod of oþren touore him, alneway he vint and zet ames. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2237 That they euer speke good of thee. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song Three Children 52 O let the earth speake good of the Lorde: yee lett it prayse him. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 142 Whose opinion Camden at first thought good of. 1697 G. Seton Modest Vindic. 2 I was a Fool to speak Good of her. 1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand iii. ii. 33 I despise hypocrisy. Why not as freely speak good of myself, when I think it, as of another? 1836 J. Baillie Witchcraft iv. iii, in Dramas III. 121 Thou wilt think, ay, wilt speak good of Violet Murrey, when all besides speak evil. 1898 Friend 16 July 410/2 When a man's worst enemy..in all sincerity, speaks good of him, and feels obliged to do so, you may be sure that there is something in it. 1966 F. Nwapa Efuru viii. 165 That's why I talk good of you, Efuru. 1975 W. Meredith Hazard, Painter in Partial Accts. (1987) 113 You who have sternly set all lovers to walk the hallways of the world-hutch for a lucky while, speaking good of our short durance here. ?1999 B. Donaldson Tugs of War ii. 28 Stop running yourself down, girl. That's one thing I'm going to teach you. To think good of yourself. < as lemmas |
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