| 单词 | to do the agreeable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do (also †make, †play) the agreeable 4. to do (also †make, †play) the agreeable: to make oneself pleasant; to say pleasing, polite, or courteous things. Now rare (archaic in later use). [After French faire l'agréable (1713); compare do v. 19b.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous [verb (intransitive)] > be agreeable to make good visagec1386 to make (rarely bear) fair weatherc1400 to do (also make, play) the agreeable1825 to suit a person's book1827 1795 J. B. S. Morritt Lett. (1914) vii. 169 I often wish you could see us sitting..with our legs crossed..on a sofa, making the agreeable to an Aga. 1821 M. A. Kelty Favourite of Nature I. 53 Placed in the..predicament of having to entertain, or (in a short phrase) play the agreeable to those to whom she was entirely unknown. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 606 The handsomest man in the room never had more than ten minutes advantage over him,..provided he chose to ‘do the agreeable’ in the way of talk. 1867 H. Kingsley Silcote xviii. 209 The best thing you can do is to..begin to make the agreeable to the eldest Miss Granby. 1922 Living Age 4 Mar. 548/2 Not a little bored at having..to do the ‘agreeable’ to one so entirely outside the world of fashion as myself. < as lemmas |
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