| 单词 | as you please |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas you please e. intransitive. as you please: (in comparative phrases) as you like, as you could wish for; as it is possible to be. Now usually used to emphasize the manner in which someone does something, esp. when this is seen as surprising. ΚΠ 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 15 There may be..as many as you please in a sphere. 1594 Knacke to knowe Knaue sig. C4 Your Honor shall repose you here to night, And earlie as you please, begin your taske. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 27 If your horses maine be too thick..you may with a tasler made of Iron with three or foure teeth, make it..as thinne as you please. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 31 By all means Sir, Object and Return, as often as you please. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 533. ⁋1 Well, well, you may banter as long as you please. 1770 J. Armstrong Forced Marriage ii. iv. 53 He knew The art of speaking to the palm; and was A docile boy, as stupid as you please, And not too apt to rouse much jealousy. 1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 42 The solid cock..will admit of mainsprings as strong as you please. 1886 W. Carleton City Ballads 160 An' he led me 'cross the fallow, underneath some picnic trees, Where my gal an' that wheel fellow sat as cosy as you please. 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country xvi. 273 The native-born maids were as pretty and perky as you please. 1989 B. Roche Handful of Stars ii. ii, in K. Harwood First Run 242 I'd come in here to find them all lookin' as innocent as you please. < as lemmas |
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