| 单词 | all roads lead to–– |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall roads lead to–– P17. all roads lead to–– (after all roads lead to Rome at Rome n. Phrases 1d): all ways lead ultimately to the place, topic, conclusion, etc., specified (as being the most central, dominant, or important). Π 1850 Househ. Words 3 Aug. 454/2 The French capital was the focus of the system, in exemplification of the adage that ‘all roads lead to Paris’, and pigeon expresses branched off in all directions. 1886 Proc. Amer. Bankers Assoc. 79 As in Italy all roads lead to Rome, so in America all roads lead to San Francisco. 1912 Times 20 June 8/7 (advt.) For just as all roads lead to Harrods so do Harrods lead to all the pleasure paths that the stranger wishes to pursue. 1917 E. Thomas in Ann. New Poetry 55 Now all roads lead to France. 1941 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 9 May in War within & Without (1980) 181 Serious conversation is impossible—all roads lead to war. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xxiii. 209 All roads lead straight to me, as you have so often remarked. 1974 D. G. Compton Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe vi. 165 ‘Where to now?’..I gestured widely... ‘All roads lead out of town.’ 2001 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 1 Dec. (Arts section) es7 All roads lead to Windsor this weekend as three of Canada's most prominent opera musicians gather on one stage. < as lemmas |
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