| 单词 | all for one and one for all |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall for one and one for all (also one for all and all for one) P24. all for one and one for all (also one for all and all for one) [compare post-classical Latin unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (1575 or earlier)] : used to express unity and loyalty amongst group members, esp. in defence of a common cause.In later use particularly associated with the musketeers in Alexandre Dumas père's novel Les Trois Mousquetaires (1844); cf. quot. 1846. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B4v In this ayme there is such thwarting strife, That one for all, or all for one we gage. View more context for this quotation 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue i. 34 All for one, and one for all, should seke, examine and declare the vttermost truth of euerything. 1798 tr. F. Kratter Natalia & Menzikof iii. x. 129 Blood and life, one for all, and all for one! 1831 Amer. Ann. Educ. & Instr. 1 242 The welfare and misfortune of each teacher became the welfare or misfortune of the whole, in the spirit of that beautiful maxim; ‘All for one and one for all’. 1846 W. Barrow tr. A. Dumas Three Musketeers ix. 34/1 All for one, and one for all [Fr. tous pour un, un pour tous]; that's our maxim, I believe? 1921 McClure's Mag. Aug. 14/1 We'll give a fine exhibition of a happy family, one for all and all for one! 1958 Jet 16 Oct. 17 In our squadron we're all for one and one for all. 2010 G. Obama & D. Lewis Homeland xvi. 202 All for one and one for all. No one fucks with the Huruma brothers and gets away with it. < as lemmas |
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