| 单词 | by fair or by force |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby fair or by force b. Gentle, non-violent treatment or methods; honourable behaviour or action; fair means. Chiefly in opposition to other nouns, as in †by fair or by force, (now only) by fair or (by) foul. archaic and rare after 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > non-violence fair?c1450 bloodlessness1646 non-violence1831 non-injury1838 ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 6 A lorde wolde haue a gentille-woman, bi faire or be force. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) iii. 16 A Damoyselle, whiche a greete lord wold haue for fayre or fowle for to accomplysshe his fowle playsyr. 1511 H. Watson tr. Noble Hist. King Ponthus (new ed.) sig. O.iv He wolde be lorde and kynge of the countree eyther by fayre or by foule. 1556 J. Bradford Let. declaring Nature of Spaniardes sig. B. viv Either for faire or foule, ye muste credite them til a paye daie, eyther willingly or agaynst your will. 1831 J. N. Mosby Fall of Algiers 298 By fair or foul we must an entrance gain. 1880 J. B. Stephens Misc. Poems 122 By fair or by foul, I'll have my thumb On that potentate's caput mortuum! 1962 R. H. Webb tr. Aristophanes Knights in tr. Aristophanes Compl. Plays 81 Somehow or other, by fair or by foul, to provide him his fee as a present. < as lemmas |
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