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单词 do-as-you-please
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do-as-you-pleaseadj.

Brit. /ˌduːəzjᵿˈpliːz/, U.S. /ˌduəzjəˈpliz/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: do v., as conj., you pron., please v.
Etymology: < do as you please (compare please v. 6b) < do v. + as conj. + you pron. + please v.
That permits or enables one to do as one pleases.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > completely unchecked
unbridledc1374
untempered1377
bridleless?1406
unrepressed?a1425
untemperatea1425
savagea1450
unchecked1469
undaunted1513
uncontrolleda1535
reinless1566
unrestrained1578
ineffrenate1581
unbitteda1586
check-free1598
uncurbed1600
checkless1604
unbounded1608
uncontained?1611
dis'chained1615
ungoverneda1616
unstanched1621
unsneaped1647
incontrolled1650
controlless1657
irregulated1664
curbless1813
do-as-you-please1845
disenchaineda1849
1845 Astrologer 15 Feb. 5/2 I have for many years past resided in chambers, finding their solitary, do-as-you-please kind of accommodation in accordance with my own isolated and reserved mode of living.
1872 ‘Casca Llanna’ Love, Woman, Marriage (ed. 4) xiv. 201 The annihilation of marriage, and the substitution of do-as-you-please notions.
1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo ii. 24 The sense of do-as-you-please liberty.
1963 Listener 10 Jan. 73/2 The opportunities for enjoying the kind of do-as-you-please holiday that more and more Russians..now take for granted every year.
2009 V. Moore How to Drink i. 30 Finally, there is the do-as-you-please school of wine and food matching.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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