Lief

(n.) Same as Lif.

(n.) Dear; beloved.

(n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.

(adv.) Willing; disposed.

(n.) A dear one; a sweetheart.

(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.

手打:特伦斯

• Never mind, mamma; you'd as lief as not Topsy should do it,--had you not? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But perhaps you young ladies may not care about the beaux, and had as lief be without them as with them. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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