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

(b) for best.

†(i) Permanently, once and for all. Cf. for good at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 3a. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > as a final act or once for all

once for alla1400

for good1476

for best1641

once for ado1642

once and for all1814

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 16 Those Constitutions..are now establish't for best, and not to be mended.

(ii) For special occasions (originally and esp. used with reference to clothes: cf. sense B. 9).

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1851 C. Brontë Let. 12 Apr. (2000) II. 602 I should like to see..some chemisettes of small size..both of simple style for everyday and good quality for best.

1882 New Albany (Indiana) Ledger 9 Mar. 1/4 They will calculate by the fashion of it how long you have worn that $15 dress for best.

1939 D. M. Shipman Everybody's Christmas Programs 13 I gave my sister this perfume..two years ago. She must be saving it for best.

1991 J. O. Cole Pride & Daily Marathon (1995) viii. 91 She always did them [sc. her exercises] in the kitchen rather than in the living room, which was kept for best.

2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 May 25/3 Mrs. Winterson... a woman with..two sets of false teeth—matt for every-day, and a pearlised set for ‘best’.

单词	for best
释义	> as lemmas for best (b) for best. †(i) Permanently, once and for all. Cf. for good at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 3a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > as a final act or once for all once for alla1400 for good1476 for best1641 once for ado1642 once and for all1814 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 16 Those Constitutions..are now establish't for best, and not to be mended. (ii) For special occasions (originally and esp. used with reference to clothes: cf. sense B. 9). ΚΠ 1851 C. Brontë Let. 12 Apr. (2000) II. 602 I should like to see..some chemisettes of small size..both of simple style for everyday and good quality for best. 1882 New Albany (Indiana) Ledger 9 Mar. 1/4 They will calculate by the fashion of it how long you have worn that $15 dress for best. 1939 D. M. Shipman Everybody's Christmas Programs 13 I gave my sister this perfume..two years ago. She must be saving it for best. 1991 J. O. Cole Pride & Daily Marathon (1995) viii. 91 She always did them [sc. her exercises] in the kitchen rather than in the living room, which was kept for best. 2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 May 25/3 Mrs. Winterson... a woman with..two sets of false teeth—matt for every-day, and a pearlised set for ‘best’. extracted from bestadj.n.¹adv. < as lemmas
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