单词 | do what i say |
释义 | > as lemmasdo what I say (b) intransitive. In clauses introduced by as (in early use also †so), esp. do as I say. Later also transitive in clauses introduced by what (or whatever), as do what I say. ΚΠ OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xxvii. 13 Do swa ic þe secge. OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 5 Doð swa hwæt swa he eow secge [L. quodcumque dixerit vobis]. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4416 (MED) Wan we comeþ to þe brigge-gate..Doþ as y schal sayne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5106 (MED) Als suith as we mai be graith we sal do as ȝe haue said. c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 53 (MED) Thow shall do as þe preste says, but not as þe preste doos. a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 1088 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 31 Fore-thi, my sone, do as I say, And It sal lyk the, dare I lay. 1566 T. Underdowne Excellent Hist. Theseus & Ariadne sig. B.vv Do as I saye, if thou hast ought vpon thy selfe regarde. 1635 H. Mason Hearing & Doing xiii. 647 If we consider that it is God who speaketh, it will cause us to think our selves bound to do, what hee saith. 1838 Dublin Rev. Apr. 527 Stay with me, Eily, I advise—I warn you!..I speak only from general probabilities, and these would suggest the great wisdom of your acting as I say. 1872 E. Walker Miracles of our Lord i. 19 If he says, Obey, do it—do whatever He says. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 386 Be persuaded by me, and do as I say. 1934 D. Thomas Let. Dec. (1985) 181 Now do be an angel, & do what I say. 1959 F. Astaire Steps in Time (1960) vi. 42 If they'll promise to work I'll take them on but they must have the heart, the incentive, the will to practice and do as I say. 1979 R. B. Parker Wilderness (1983) xxv. 178 It pleased him that she did what he said without argument. 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) v. 48 Imran did his best. ‘Do as he says, Chris. There's no point both of us getting a kicking.’ < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。