英语词汇“for my life”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. by (also †for, †of, on) my life and variants. Now somewhat archaic.

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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > with reference to life

by (also for, of, on) my lifec1225

(God's) lifelikinsa1644

OE Beowulf (2008) 2131 Þa se ðeoden mec ðine life healsode hreohmod, þæt ic on holma geþring eorlscipe efnde.]

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 147 (MED) ‘For mi lif,’ quoð hire feader, ‘þe schal laðin his luue.’

a1333 William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 18 Ich segge..Þys men and eke þis wyues, Þat hi ne hebbe hare oȝe child [i.e. at baptism], By hare quicke lyues.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2719 At mi gaincum, bi mi lijf [Vesp. if i haue lijf; L. vita comite], A son sal haue sare þi wijf.

?1516 T. More Mery Gest By my lyfe I can not tell you whan whan an hatter wyll go smater In phylosophy Or a pedlar waxe a medlar in theolegy.

1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) i, in Wks. sig. Civ Hold fast whan ye haue it (quoth she) by my lyfe.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. C2^v She smiles, now for my life his minde is changd.

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. D2^v Ile holde my life, Your minde was to change maidenhead for wife.

1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. G1 Of my life we are come to the birth of some notable knauery.

1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois i. 10 The Duke mistakes him (on my life) for some Knight of the new edition.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 150 By my life, she will doe as I doe.

1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. (1684) 71 You are unsawncy, I think by my life.

1723 C. Johnson Love in Forest iv. 48 By my Life she will do as I do.

a1766 F. Sheridan Hist. Nourjahad (1767) 126 Dost thou call these beauties, said Nourjahad, angrily? By my life they are a pack of as awkward damsels as ever I beheld.

1799 J. Boaden Aurelio & Miranda i. ii. 10 By my life I swear, If any indirect and treacherous means Have warp'd my sister Agnes from her duty—.

1853 E. Bennett Clara Moreland xxiii. 278 Ha! by my life!.. I see! we have taken too much for granted.

1894 A. Douglas tr. O. Wilde Salomé 50 By my life, by my crown, by my gods. Whatsoever thou shalt desire I will give it thee.

1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. vi. 47 And, on my life, I never had a pupil who did me such credit.

1962 F. Norman Guntz i. 7 My life (I thought) what chance am I going to have if I produce this letter.

1999 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 30 Apr. 24 The neophyte holds a revolver in one hand..and swears to defend Serbia ‘by the sun that warms, by the earth that feeds me, by the blood of my forefathers, by God, by my honour and by my life’.

单词	for my life
释义	> as lemmas (I cannot) for my life Also hyperbolically in trivial use: (I cannot) for my life, (I cannot) for the life of me.extracted from lifen. by (also †for, †of, on) my life a. by (also †for, †of, on) my life and variants. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > with reference to life by (also for, of, on) my lifec1225 (God's) lifelikinsa1644 OE Beowulf (2008) 2131 Þa se ðeoden mec ðine life healsode hreohmod, þæt ic on holma geþring eorlscipe efnde.] c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 147 (MED) ‘For mi lif,’ quoð hire feader, ‘þe schal laðin his luue.’ a1333 William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 18 Ich segge..Þys men and eke þis wyues, Þat hi ne hebbe hare oȝe child [i.e. at baptism], By hare quicke lyues. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2719 At mi gaincum, bi mi lijf [Vesp. if i haue lijf; L. vita comite], A son sal haue sare þi wijf. ?1516 T. More Mery Gest By my lyfe I can not tell you whan whan an hatter wyll go smater In phylosophy Or a pedlar waxe a medlar in theolegy. 1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) i, in Wks. sig. Civ Hold fast whan ye haue it (quoth she) by my lyfe. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. C2^v She smiles, now for my life his minde is changd. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. D2^v Ile holde my life, Your minde was to change maidenhead for wife. 1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. G1 Of my life we are come to the birth of some notable knauery. 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois i. 10 The Duke mistakes him (on my life) for some Knight of the new edition. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 150 By my life, she will doe as I doe. View more context for this quotation 1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. (1684) 71 You are unsawncy, I think by my life. 1723 C. Johnson Love in Forest iv. 48 By my Life she will do as I do. a1766 F. Sheridan Hist. Nourjahad (1767) 126 Dost thou call these beauties, said Nourjahad, angrily? By my life they are a pack of as awkward damsels as ever I beheld. 1799 J. Boaden Aurelio & Miranda i. ii. 10 By my life I swear, If any indirect and treacherous means Have warp'd my sister Agnes from her duty—. 1853 E. Bennett Clara Moreland xxiii. 278 Ha! by my life!.. I see! we have taken too much for granted. 1894 A. Douglas tr. O. Wilde Salomé 50 By my life, by my crown, by my gods. Whatsoever thou shalt desire I will give it thee. 1932 R. Macaulay They were Defeated i. vi. 47 And, on my life, I never had a pupil who did me such credit. 1962 F. Norman Guntz i. 7 My life (I thought) what chance am I going to have if I produce this letter. 1999 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 30 Apr. 24 The neophyte holds a revolver in one hand..and swears to defend Serbia ‘by the sun that warms, by the earth that feeds me, by the blood of my forefathers, by God, by my honour and by my life’. extracted from lifen. < as lemmas
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