释义
[ th ee ] SHOW IPA
/ ði / PHONETIC RESPELLING
pronoun Archaic except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose . the second person singular object pronoun, equivalent to modern you; the objective case of thou1 : With this ring, I thee wed. I shall bring thee a mighty army.
thou (used chiefly by Quakers): Must I remind thee again? She and thee are most welcome.
Origin of thee First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English thē (originally dative; later dative and accusative); cognate with Low German di, German dir, Old Norse thēr; see thou1
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Example sentences from the Web for thee Progressives in the grip of one of their signature moral crusades routinely embrace money in politics for me, but not for thee .
Money and Guns: How We Escape Our Existential Dread | James Poulos| April 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee .
The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis | The Daily Beast| March 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Set to the tune of "I Vow to Thee My Country," it finds the Royalist on the verge of patriotic tears.
Live Blogging Thatcher’s London Funeral | Tom Sykes| April 17, 2013| DAILY BEAST
And it notably signals his independence from his mother: “Woman, what have I to do with thee ?”
What Mary Thought: ‘The Testament of Mary’ by Colm Tóibín | Benjamin Lytal| November 18, 2012| DAILY BEAST
You could title this speech: Entitlements for Me, Not for Thee .
Paul Ryan Declares Generational War | David Frum| August 16, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Any woman of them all might do worse than fall in love with thee .
The Substance of a Dream | F. W. Bain
Brief time remains for thee to prepare for the impending stroke, to arrange thy affairs, and to take leave of thy friends.
Egmont | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I know thee has had much money sent to thee , and thee does not know from whom.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. | Various
Let the mother go,” as the Good Book says, “that it may be well with thee !
The Prairie Child | Arthur Stringer
The Prophet has said: "Seek him who flees from thee ; forgive him who injures thee ; give to him who does not give to thee ."
Letters from a Sf Teacher | Shaikh Sharfuddn Maner
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British Dictionary definitions for thee pronoun the objective form of thou 1
(subjective) rare refers to the person addressed: used mainly by members of the Society of Friends
Word Origin for thee Old English thē; see thou 1
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