单词 | to marry for love |
释义 | > as lemmasto marry for love c. for love: by reason of love (often placed in opposition to pecuniary considerations). Frequently in to marry for love. ΚΠ ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. T. ij They that marie for loue, shall leade their lyfe in sorowe. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 45 [Johnson] It is commonly a weak man who marries for love. 1868 Sat. Rev. 14 Mar. 340/2 It is only the old-fashioned sort, not girls of the period pur sang, that marry for love. 1946 G. Hopkins tr. F. Mauriac Woman of Pharisees ix. 100 The dead woman was still in his eyes a heroine who might have died for love but would never have been false to her plighted word. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Oct. 43/2 Lavransdatter′s..plot might be summarized as the story of a Daddy's girl who refuses Daddy's choice of a husband and marries for love. < as lemmas |
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