| 单词 | have a nice day | 
| 释义 | > as lemmashave a nice day  b.  transitive. In imperative, used to wish someone a good, pleasant, etc., time or experience. Chiefly in phrases expressing good wishes on parting, as  have a good day,  have a nice day, etc. Until the 19th cent. apparently only in have good day (see good day n. 1). ΚΠ c1275						 (?a1200)						    Laȝamon Brut 		(Calig.)	 		(1963)	 l. 6252  				Habbeð alle godne dæie. c1330    Sir Degare 		(Auch.)	 l. 130 in  W. H. French  & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances 		(1930)	 292 (MED)  				Haue god dai; i mot gon henne. a1450    Castle Perseverance 		(1969)	 l. 3128  				Haue good day! I goo to helle. ?1565    Smyth that forged New Dame sig. B.i  				Farewell now and haue good day I must forthe wende on my iorney. 1700    J. Dryden Chaucer's Knight's Tale in  Fables 603  				But fare well, and haue good daie. 1823    W. S. Cardell Story of Jack Halyard  i. in  Analyt. Spelling-bk. 132  				Go, Peter, by all means, and have a lively time with your mates. 1859    W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xiv. 117  				‘Have a good time, Harry!’ and down goes George's head on the pillow again. 1894    Children's Missionary Mag. Sept. 130/2  				‘Good-bye, and have a nice quiet afternoon,’ they all said, as they went off to church. 1902    Cent. Mag. Nov. 136/2  				‘Good sport, Echo Hunt!’ she called. ‘Have a good day!’ 1915    R. H. Benson Loneliness i. 37  				Ah! well. It can't be helped. Have a nice day, my boy. 1982    N.Y. Mag. 28 June 16/3  				Have a safe trip home. Godspeed. Love you all. 2006    D. Steele House 124  				‘Have a nice Thanksgiving,’ Marjorie said to her, ‘if I don't see you before that.’ have a nice day  c.  transitive. spec. (originally U.S.). Used in commercial dealings, esp. in serving customers, as an expression of good wishes and general politeness. Usually in  have a nice day,  have a good one, and variants; also attributive, denoting an attitude, culture, etc., characterized by the use of such phrases, which are sometimes perceived as insincere or shallow. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae			[phrase]		 > expressions of leave-taking so long1865 I must love you and leave you1870 have a nice day1958 1958    Broadcasting 19 May 30  				‘Have a happy day’ became his morning greeting to the staff. Now it greets telephone callers to the agency. 1965    N.Y. Times 3 June 54/4 		(advt.)	  				Good morning. Today is the day you can start saving money on 914 toner... Call 201-824-3200 to place a sample order... Have a nice day. 1970    Life 19 June 3/2  				Whenever I bought a tank of gas or a cup of coffee, I was never just handed my change. It was invariably accompanied by ‘Come back and see us’ or ‘Have a nice day’ or ‘Good luck now’. 1985    Eating Out in London 87/2  				What characterises a good restaurant in America is brisk service (which can, but doesn't necessarily entail the ‘have a nice day’ syndrome). 1991    M. Perloff Radical Artifice 		(1994)	 vi. 181  				After we land, the smiling flight attendants will surely tell us, yet again, to ‘Enjoy.’ Or, in a slightly more ambiguous version now in vogue, to ‘Have a good one.’ 2003    S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 2  				‘Thank you, officer,’ I gasped. ‘Thank you. I'll try to remember that.’ ‘You do that buddy. The customer is K-I-N-G. Have a nice one.’ 2012    Sydney Morning Herald 		(Nexis)	 10 Jan. 16  				It's bad enough when checkout operators intone, ‘Have a nice day’ in a robotic voice. < as lemmas  | 
	
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