lief
/leef/US // lif //UK // (liːf) //
撒谎,贷款,撒谎者,撒谎的人
Definitions
adv.副词 adverb
- 1
- : gladly; willingly: I would as lief go south as not.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Archaic.
- : willing; desirous.
- : dear; beloved; treasured.
Examples
“They learn about what it is that drove them to these lengths,” says Lief.
For my part I would as lief sail back to Virginia and let them fight out their own quarrel.
It is impossible for a young girl of right instincts to say, "Oh, I would just as lief be an unclean person!"
"I'd as lief be neighbours with a vixen," he said, nevertheless making place for her between him and Miriam.
O my lief meskin, de love tol you be so groot, dat it bring me out my bed voor you.
Hes better now, but time was when Dick would just as lief never wash from early morn till dewy eve as Father used to say.
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