| 单词 | to stand in service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand (a person) in (great, †no, etc.) service b. to stand (a person) in (great, †no, etc.) service: to be of (great, no, etc.) use, advantage, or benefit to a person; = to stand (a person or thing) in (good, etc.) stead. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > be useless for [verb (transitive)] > be of no use to to stand (a person) in (great, no, etc.) service1542 to serve (one) in some, no stead1601 1496 Rote or Myrour Consolacyon & Conforte (de Worde) sig. Bv Your expenses made in them shall stande you in grete seruyce. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 12v He refused ye gift whiche should stand hym in no service. 1600 R. S. tr. P. de Mornay Fowre Bks. iii. vii. 260 He commeth to seeke his defence from the old writers: who how contrarie they are one to an other, wee haue alreadie seene, and it will not stand him in any seruice. 1842 N. Michell Traduced II. viii. 89 Methinks, in the present case, steel will stand us in better service than mouth-speech. 1908 Connecticut Mag. Summer 243/1 He spent the first year and a half of his missionary life..acquiring those items of knowledge regarding the habits and customs of the Indians which afterwards stood him in great service. 1986 J. Feather Love's Charade 297 Justin visited his cabin briefly..in order to change..into the britches and shirt that would stand him in better service on deck. < as lemmas |
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