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单词 on liking
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on (also upon) liking
P6. on (also upon) liking: designating something which is conditional upon the approval of another; esp. (of a person) subject to or undergoing a probationary period; (of goods) supplied on the condition that they may be returned if unsatisfactory. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > on trial [phrase]
on (also upon) likinga1594
on promotion1852
on trial1888
a1594 R. Greenham Two Learned & Godly Serm. (1595) ii. sig. E4 If a man (being chyldlesse) do take vnto him some friendes chylde, to make him heyre of all his goodes, he wyll keepe him vpon lyking; if his manners be honest, he shalbe preferred, he may be set ouer all his familie, and yet afterward for some fact, be cast off.
1615 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 190 This lycence to continue noe longer then untill Michaelmas..but upon lykeinge.
1685 J. Dryden Threnodia Augustalis iv. 8 The Royal Soul..Came but a while on liking here.
1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. viii. 10 Are you really bound Wife to him, or are you only upon liking?
1754 S. Johnson Life Cave in Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 56/1 He was recommended to a timber merchant at the Bank Side, and..was there on liking.
1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 33 25 He did not stay..the entire month, which he was to pass on liking.
1834 Autobiogr. Dissenting Minister 157 After spending a few months on liking, I was unanimously chosen.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. iv. 191 He [sc. the waiter] is a very young man on liking, and we don't like him.
1905 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 904 They sometimes had sent home from the dressmakers a number of dresses on liking.
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