| 单词 | nothing would serve but |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnothing would serve (him, her, them, etc.) but c. transitive. To meet the wishes of demands of (a person); to please, satisfy or content. Chiefly in negative constructions, such as nothing would serve (him, her, them, etc.) but. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > in negative contexts serve1548 1548 N. Udall in N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. f. viv Nothing maie serue your grace but singularitie. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 140 No other water would serue their pallat. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 13 Nothing will serve me but going on Pilgrimage. View more context for this quotation 1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. ii. 44 Can't you contrive some small Place for me too—Any thing will serve me—I'll be satisfy'd with being Lord-Mayor. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. i. 315 He took such a fancy to me, that nothing would serve him but I must be his guest at Segovia. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xiii. 335 With those whom such reasons did not serve, they dealt more rudely. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vi. 102 Nothing would serve him but that we should turn off for Hungerford at once. 1936 Observer 3 May 28/4 Nothing would serve us but a week-end high up. < as lemmas |
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