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单词 abide
释义 abide
\əˈbīd\ verb
(abode \-bōd\ ; or abid·ed \-bīdə̇d\ ; abode or abided also abid·den \-bidən\ ; abiding ; abides)
Etymology: Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan, from ā- (perfective prefix) + bīdan to bide, wait — more at abear, bide
transitive verb
1. archaic
 a. : to wait for : await expectantly : watch for : expect
  < I will abide the coming of my lord — Alfred Tennyson >
 b. : to stand ready for : await — used of things awaiting persons
  < the fate which abides him >
2.
 a. obsolete : to stand up under : endure or undergo (a hard trial or task)
  < material able to abide hard use >
 b. : to endure without yielding : await defiantly : withstand, face
  < abide the onrush of the enemy >
  < abide one's doom >
 c. : to endure or bear patiently : tolerate, stand — used in negative construction
  < cannot abide such people >
  < can't abide the taste of caraway >
  sometimes with to and the infinitive
  < cannot abide to stay in one position for long — T.B.Costain >
3. : to await submissively : accept without question or objection
 < unwilling to abide the decision of the court >
: submit to
 < works securely established among the classics have had to abide the question of a new criticism >
4. [by folk etymology from aby] : to atone for : pay for : suffer for
 < dearly I abide that boast so vain — John Milton >
intransitive verb
1. : to wait in expectation or before proceeding : tarry, delay, stop
 < the sawyer did not participate … but abided at a little distance — Charles Dickens >
 < we shall abide till the battle is won — Rudyard Kipling >
2.
 a. : to be or remain stable or fixed in some state or constant in some relationship : continue
  < let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called — 1 Cor 7:20 (Authorized Version) >
  < a love that abides with him all his days >
 b. : to continue to be : last, endure
  < though many features were abiding, the changes were much felt >
3. : to be left : remain
 < tho' much is taken, much abides — Alfred Tennyson >
4. : to continue in a place : have one's abode : dwell
 < I repented my rashness in venturing to abide in town — Daniel Defoe >
Synonyms: see bear, continue, stay

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