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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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  • LIEF Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    Lief began as lēof in Old English and has since appeared in many literary classics, first as an adjective and then as an adverb It got its big break in the epic poem Beowulf as an adjective meaning "dear" or "beloved "
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  • LIEF | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
    LIEF meaning: 1 If someone had would as lief to do something, they would prefer to do something: 2 If someone… Learn more
  • LIEF Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Lief definition: gladly; willingly See examples of LIEF used in a sentence
  • Lief - definition of lief by The Free Dictionary
    Readily; willingly: I would as lief go now as later 1 Beloved; dear 2 Ready or willing [Middle English leve, lef, dear, willingly, from Old English lēof, dear; see leubh- in Indo-European roots ] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
  • lief, adj. adv. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
    What does the word lief mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word lief , four of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
  • lief - definition and meaning - Wordnik
    Referring to the root of belief in Middle English (lief, meaning "wish"), he said that belief is a heartfelt wish that things be or turn out a certain way; in other words, there is a way things should be and a way they shouldn't be, and belief is a wish that they be the way they "should "
  • lief - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    lief (comparative liefer or liever, superlative liefest or lievest) (archaic) Beloved, dear, agreeable (archaic) Ready, willing lief (comparative liefer or liever, superlative liefest) (archaic) Readily, willingly, rather I'd as lief have one as t'other
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