| 单词 | will i nill i |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswill I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.) (a) With inversion of subject (usually a pronoun) and chiefly (and in later use only) without conjunctions, in will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.). Also occasionally in vague sense: one way or another, in any case, anyhow.Now chiefly in the reduced form willy-nilly adv. extracted from willv.1 (i) In present tense. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > whether one will or not would…nouldOE whether he (etc.) will or nillOE will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.)OE maugre1340 nill he, will hea1400 who(ever) will or nillc1449 bongre maugrec1450 whether‥yea or no (also nay)1515 nolens volens1547 willing or nilling1578 volens nolens1602 willy-nilly1608 nilling, willing1657 nilly-willy1662 bon gré mal gré1818 wilta shalta1824 william-nilliam1907 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 344 We synd synfulle and sceolan beon eadmode, wille we, nelle we, and he wolde sylfwilles us syllan ða bysne. OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) ii. 24 Qui enim bona mundi diligit uelit uel nolit timoris et doloris poenae succumbit : se þe soðlice godu middaneardes lufað welle he oþþe nelle eges & sares wite underhnihð. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 434 Wullen ha nullen ha. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 105 For wolny nulni hi sul fle. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 17560 (MED) Wil thow nele thow—the pees schal be! a1544 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1324/2 If my Lorde wyll needes..inuade my inwarde manne, wyll I nyll I. ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Q Will she nyll shee, nedes must she abyde hys..sentence. 1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. ii. f. 117 Well, how so euer it be, will ye nill ye..ye be dryuen to confesse the same to be no newe thing. a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Giv Wyl I or nil I, it must be done. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. 715 God is able (..wil the Councelles, nil the Councelles) to maintaine..his owne Kingedome. 1599 J. Sylvester tr. J. Du Nesme Miracle Peace in Fraunce 17 A sacred rage..Will-nill-I, raps me boldly to rehearse Great Henries Trophies. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. 108 The Nobles were so neere driven and to such streights, that will they, nill they, yeeld they must thereto. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 265 Will you, nill you, I will marry you. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Booker in W. Lilly Christian Astrol. sig. (c) Be you for or against, or will ye, nill ye; I'm for the Art, and th' Author William Lilly. 1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 19 Will he, nill he, to the Great-house He went, as if the Devil drove him. 1899 G. Douglas James Hogg iii. 68 The galloping movement of the metre hurries us, will-we nill-we, on. 2006 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact May 105/2 Create a disturbance as a ruse, then effect an entrance will they or nill they. (ii) In past tense, in would…nould…. Now rare and archaic.The present form is normally used even when the principal verb is in the past tense (see quots. 1600, 1753 at Phrases 1b(a)(i)). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > whether one will or not would…nouldOE whether he (etc.) will or nillOE will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.)OE maugre1340 nill he, will hea1400 who(ever) will or nillc1449 bongre maugrec1450 whether‥yea or no (also nay)1515 nolens volens1547 willing or nilling1578 volens nolens1602 willy-nilly1608 nilling, willing1657 nilly-willy1662 bon gré mal gré1818 wilta shalta1824 william-nilliam1907 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxiv. 225 Se brym hwoðerode under his fotswaðum, ac swa ðeah he hine bær, wolde he, nolde he. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 7 Summe hit sungen þurh þene halie gast walden heo naldden heo. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 13219 Þe Romeyns.., wild þei ne wold [a1450 Lamb. wold ho, ne wolde], fled. 1596 T. Danett in tr. P. de Commynes Hist. Ep. Ded. sig. A2 So that would I nould I to the presse the booke must go. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 248 ‘You were rather obliged to the old lord, I think,’ said Ravenswood. ‘Was I? my sartie! first for bringing me into jeopardy, would I nould I.’ 1889 A. H. Wratislaw tr. Sixty Folk-tales 65 The good prince—would he, nould he—was obliged to put some of the leaden dumplings into his pocket. 1946 A. . Mackenzie Sc. Pageant I. 175 He brought all the great men of Scotland under his leadership, would they or nould they. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。