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单词 jolly good
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jolly good
c. very good: expressing assent, approval, or acquiescence. Also (more informally) jolly good. Cf. very well at well adv. 23.
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1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A3 Stro. I would acquaint you more with Ladie Margaret, For speciall reason. Cyn. Very good, my Lord. Then I must needes go fit me for that presence.
1687 A. Behn Luckey Chance iii. iv. 37 Sir Feeb. Do you not know that I am married Sir? And this my Wedding Night? Sir Cau. Very good Sir.
1764 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 561/2 Entry. Sir, my question is concerning the instigation of the Devil. Bill. Very good, Sir.
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. iv. 101 Very good, my lord.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxi. 330Very good, Sir,’ responded Mrs. Raddle, with lofty politeness. ‘Then p'raps, Sir, you'll’ [etc.].
1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves iv. 81 ‘Mr Bickersteth is in a hole, Jeeves,..and wants you to rally round.’ ‘Very good, sir.’
1940 M. Dickens Mariana vii. 223Jolly good,’ said Pierre, who was full of schoolboy Anglicisms. ‘So will I. Garçon!’
1995 I. Banks Whit (1996) xix. 311 Allan nodded. ‘Good idea; sleep on it.’‘Jolly good!’ Uncle Mo said.
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