单词 | to oneself |
释义 | > as lemmasto oneself a. Indicating the person or thing for whose benefit, use, disposal, or the like, anything is done or exists: For; for the use or benefit of; for (some one) to deal with or dispose of (esp. after leave vb.); at the disposal of. to oneself (as pred.), to or at one's own disposal, free from the approaches or action of others. ΚΠ 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7136 Vpe holi relikes harald suor to willam bastard Treuliche to wite engelond to him. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1033 To mangeneles he dide make stones. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xiv. 6 He that etith, etith to the Lord... No man of vs lyueth to hym silf, and no man deieth to him silf. Sothli where we lyuen, we lyuen to the Lord; where we deien, we deien to the Lord. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 17214 The Gregais wol not hir bodi grauen, But let hit ligge to roke & rauen. c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 100 It availeþ to al woundez for to hold þam opne. 1474 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 70 Gevin to Johne of Murray.. to pay for clathis coft to Rannald gunnare. 1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 346 For ane gus to the Kingis halkis. 1586 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. ii. v I'll first assay To get the Persian kingdom to myself. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxiii. 22 Neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy haruest: thou shalt leaue them vnto the poore, and to the stranger. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler viii. 169 That hope and patience which I wish to all Fishers. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Pref. p. lvi The rest is left to the Imagination. 1700 T. Marwood Diary in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 77 At 8 in the morn we took a Wagon to Our selves to Dunkerque. 1709–10 R. Steele Tatler No. 118. ⁋10 Your petitioner..worked to the Exchange, and to several Aldermens wives. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 109 Topped and tailed [turnips]..which I hope to preserve as food to my ewes at lambing time. 1822 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 84 In the country, where I can be more to myself. 1894 J. A. Froude Life & Lett. Erasmus 290 Religious houses were dissolved, their property seized to the State. 1912 N.E.D. at To Mod. We had the railway-carriage all to ourselves. < as lemmas |
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