lief

adv. 欣喜, 宁愿 a. 乐意的, 亲爱的

发音

其它 /liːf/

词形变化

liefer 比较级 liefer liefest lievest liever 比较级 liefest 最高级 lievest 最高级

别名

leef lieve

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Beloved, dear, agreeable.

    古体
  2. 2.

    Ready, willing.

    古体
adv.
  1. 1.

    Readily, willingly, rather.

    古体

    I'd as lief have one as t'other.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 2

gladly fain

词源

From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof, West Frisian leaf, Dutch lief, German Low German leev, German lieb, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuv, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (liufs), Russian любо́вь (ljubóvʹ), Polish luby. For the adverb, compare German lieber, Dutch liever (“preferably, rather”).

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