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单词 well-lost
释义 well(-)lost, ppl. a.
Lost in a good cause or for a good consideration.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iv. (1922) 112 Never can God himselfe perswade me, that Pyrocles life is not well lost, for to preserve the most admirable Philoclea.1601Shakes. All's Well i. iii. 254 Would your honor But giue me leaue to trie successe, I'de venture The well lost life of mine, on his Graces cure, By such a day, an houre.1678Dryden (title) All for Love, or the World well Lost.
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