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单词 to take to the best or worst
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to take (etc.) to the best or worst
b. to take (etc.) to the best or worst: to put the best, or worst, construction upon; to make the best, or worst, of. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > make the worst of
to take (etc.) to the best or worstc1450
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [verb (transitive)]
to take (etc.) to the best or worst1563
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c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 286 Euyr-more þou demyst euyll & to þe werste.
?1553 H. Dekyn tr. Herman V of Wied Brefe Declar. Dewty Maried Folkes sig. Bii Wyth a louyng patyens to take all thynges to the beste.
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) sig. X viij b The good take yll thynges to the best.
1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel 43 More honour found Homer in expressing mens manners to the best, than Hegemon to the worst.
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