单词 | once for all |
释义 | > as lemmasonce for all a. once for all (also once for altogether, once for always, once for ever): once as a final act; conclusively, so as to end uncertainty. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > as a final act or once for all once for alla1400 for good1476 for best1641 once for ado1642 once and for all1814 a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 9696 (MED) He þat ys..baptysed, Ones for euer ys. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe ii. §3 9 Take this manere of settyng for a general rule ones for evere. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xix. 403 We oughte to aske it of hym ones for all. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxxvii. 110 Ones for alwayes I defende the. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 275v Once for altogether. 1611 Bible (King James) Heb. x. 10 By the which will wee are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all . View more context for this quotation 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 100 These Judges have cleared the question once for ever. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall 213 Give me leave to advertise Your Lordship once for all. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §120. 138 I do therefore, once for all, desire whoever shall think it worth his while, to understand what I have written concerning Vision, that [etc.]. a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 25 Let it be noted once for all, that..t and d are commonly put for each other. 1778 D. Garrick Let. 30 Oct. (1963) III. 1252 Mr Garrick begs once for all that Mr Miles will not imagine that he wishes him to decline any thing which may produce him any Emolument. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 115 So far as use is made of a once-for-all composed and for ever-established formulary. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xvii. 273 Well then, understand once for all that I never shall or can be comfortable..there. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xviii. 204 I assure you once for all that I did not mean to intoxicate Diana. 1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. vii. 406 It defined once for all the characteristic flavour of the English madrigal. < as lemmas |
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