| 单词 | better will |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbetter will better will n. greater goodwill.In quot. OE corresponding in sense to goodwill n. 1.In quot. 1357 corresponding in sense to goodwill n. 3a. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 486 Se mann bið oþer, fram his yfele abroden to beterum willan þurh ðæs Gastes gife. J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 565 To gif yhou better will for to kun tham. 1462 J. Pampyng in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 248 Because of such tales yowr tenauntes owe hym the bettir will. a1675 J. Lightfoot Genuine Remains (1700) 201 That a Saint of God in the State of Holiness that we speak of, hath a better Will toward God, than Adam had in Innocency. 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. ii. 38 To make me suspect, that they had no better will towards me, than they have to others of a different nation from themselves. 2018 @Spinozasrose 17 July in twitter.com (OED Archive) As a tactic to create better will towards just peace, it completely failed. < as lemmas |
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