| 单词 | in lieu |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin lieu b. in lieu: used absol. = instead adv. 2. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adverb] in his steadc1230 in one's room1489 in the steada1525 by substitute1597 in lieu1599 instead1667 vicariously1868 rather1967 1599 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 351 We thought that in Leu to recompense hereof..we might lawfully take part of the fine for ourselves. a1650 T. May Old Couple (1658) i. 2 Keep out the Sun, and do bestow in lieu A greater benefit, a safe concealment. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 334 God will not give us the thing we desire, but a better in lieu. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 231 Quit the gay range o' the world.., Enter, in lieu, the penitential pound. < as lemmas |
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