| 单词 | after you |
| 释义 | > as lemmasafter you b. after you: a polite formula used in yielding precedence; ‘you go first’. Also with with: used to request the next turn with (something). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > in yielding precedence after you1734 1734 H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. ii. xi. 36 After you, Sir; I am not quite unbred. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iii. 37 After you, Sir. 1851 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 590/1 After you with the paper, if you please, sir. 1898 B. M. Croker Peggy of Bartons xvii. 172 No, no; after you, please—ladies first. 1917 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 408/2 After you with the fire, mate. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. iii. 152 Taught 'em to bow and stand aside, Say: after you, and: if you please. 2005 H. Mantel Beyond Black (2006) ix. 291 They arrived in the utility room at the same time..and stood saying coldly, after you, no, after you. < as lemmas |
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