lief 音标拼音: [l'if]
ad . 欣喜,自愿
a . 乐意的,亲爱的
欣喜,自愿乐意的,亲爱的
lief adv 1 :
in a willing manner ; "
this was gladly agreed to "; "
I would fain do it " [
synonym : {
gladly }, {
lief }, {
fain }]
Lief \
Lief \,
n .
A dear one ;
a sweetheart . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Lief \
Lief \,
adv .
Gladly ;
willingly ;
freely ; --
now used only in the phrases ,
had as lief ,
and would as lief ;
as ,
I had ,
or would ,
as lief go as not .
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All women liefest would Be sovereign of man '
s love . --
Gower .
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I had as lief the town crier spoke my lines . --
Shak .
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Far liefer by his dear hand had I die . --
Tennyson .
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Note :
The comparative liefer with had or would ,
and followed by the infinitive ,
either with or without the sign to ,
signifies prefer ,
choose as preferable ,
would or had rather .
In the 16th century rather was substituted for liefer in such constructions in literary English ,
and has continued to be generally so used .
See {
Had as lief }, {
Had rather },
etc .,
under {
Had }.
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Lief \
Lief \ (
l [=
e ]
f ),
n .
Same as {
Lif }.
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Lief \
Lief \ (
l [=
e ]
f ),
a . [
Written also {
lieve }.] [
OE .
leef ,
lef ,
leof ,
AS .
le ['
i ]
f ;
akin to OS .
liof ,
OFries .
liaf ,
D .
lief ,
G .
lieb ,
OHG .
liob ,
Icel .
lj ?
fr ,
Sw .
ljuf ,
Goth .
liubs ,
and E .
love . [
root ]
124 .
See {
Love },
and cf . {
Believe }, {
Leave },
n ., {
Furlough }, {
Libidinous }.]
1 .
Dear ;
beloved . [
Obs .,
except in poetry .] "
My liefe mother ." --
Chaucer . "
My liefest liege ." --
Shak .
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As thou art lief and dear . --
Tennyson .
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2 .
Note : (
Used with a form of the verb to be ,
and the dative of the personal pronoun .)
Pleasing ;
agreeable ;
acceptable ;
preferable . [
Obs .]
See {
Lief },
adv .,
and Had as lief ,
under {
Had }.
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Full lief me were this counsel for to hide .
--
Chaucer .
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Death me liefer were than such despite .
--
Spenser .
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3 .
Willing ;
disposed . [
Obs .]
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I am not lief to gab . --
Chaucer .
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He up arose ,
however lief or loth . --
Spenser .
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