| 单词 | for all the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor all the world (a) for all the world: in regard to, or taking into consideration, everything in the world, all things considered; (hence) in every respect, exactly (like, etc.). Also occasionally †for all this world, †in all the world. Cf. Phrases 8a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > indicating reflection [phrase] for all the worlda1375 let me seec1405 let us (also let's) see1764 it makes you think1879 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1877 (MED) For al þe world I nold our werk were undone. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 15331 For alle þe world [a1450 Lamb. werd] so ferd he, o lyue wild he late non be. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1894) iii. l. 1244 Ffor al this world in swych present gladnesse Was Troilus and hath his lady swete. c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 150 Ffor al the world ryght as the dayseye I-corounede is with white leuys lite. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. vii. l. 40 Syk eyn had he, and syk fair handis tway, For all the warld syk mowth and face, perfay. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 93 For all the world, As thou art to this houre was Richard then. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 149 A paltry ring..whose posie was for all the world like Cutlers poetry vpon a knife. View more context for this quotation 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xliv. 349 Thumbs and great toes they have moreover, with joints like (in all the world) to a man. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 339 Iust, for all the world, as the Pharises are taxed by our Sauiour. 1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 19 Their Water-gruel Jaws, sunk in a Thicket of Curls, appear, for all the World, like a Lark in a Soup-dish! 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 43 As to her singing..she has a shrill crack'd pipe, that sounds for all the world like a child's trumpet. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. v. 103 She..dressed herself up in such a costume, as to look for all the world as if her sex were of a piece with her appearance. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona i. 3 This..city..was for all the world like a rabbit-warren. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) vii. 154 Out stepped a majestic turbaned black woman looking for all the world like an exiled Nubian queen. 2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 80 She pauses and looks straight at the phonecam, for all the world as if she's reading from a teleprompter. for all the world a. In singular with definite article. not (to do something) for the world (also for all the world, † for half the world) (cf. for prep. 10a). Subsequently also in positive contexts, as to give the world (see give v. 9b), etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [adverb] > no > certainly not for nothinglOE not (to do something) for the worlda1375 for foul or fairc1405 not for a moment1785 not on your life1791 not for Joe (Joseph)1844 no siree1845 not much1871 a thousand times, no1896 not on your tintype1900 not for all the tea in China1937 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1877 (MED) For al þe world I nold our werk were undone. c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) 3952 Þat wold not I, for all þis werld heyre I yow hette. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xv. f. lxiiv She wold not for all the worlde take her own pleasure without goddes wyll. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 99 Prin. He'le be forsworne. Nau. Not for the worlde faire Madame, by my will. View more context for this quotation 1605 P. Erondelle French Garden N 6 b I would not faile in it for any thing in the world. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. iii. 66 Wouldst thou doe such a deed, for all the world ? View more context for this quotation 1664 in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. (N.S.) 178 A thing I would not have been guilty of for halfe the world. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. i. sig. Aa3v He would not for all the World return again. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 43 I wou'dn't be as sick as she's proud, for all the World. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 807 He..Can dig, beg, rot,..but could not for a world Fish up his dirty and dependent bread, [etc.]. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ii. 46 But I am sure I would not do such a thing for all the world . View more context for this quotation 1847 J. B. Buckstone Flowers of Forest iii. vii No, no—not for the wide wide world. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. iii. 62 Daphne, usually loquacious, felt as if she could not have spoken for the world. 1930 N. Coward Private Lives i. 29 I wouldn't have had it happen for the world. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane xi. 241 For them, Reg Kray's funeral provided a dose of good old-fashioned London street theatre, and it was a show that they would not have missed for the world. < as lemmas |
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