单词 | come what may |
释义 | > as lemmascome what may (also might, will) b. intransitive. In the subjunctive, usually placed before the subject of the clause. In various phrases with the sense ‘whatever may happen; in spite of any difficulty or obstacle’. Frequently in come what may (also might, will). [Compare Middle French avienne que pourra (1345), also vienne que pourra (a1447).] See also come hell or high water at hell n. and int. Phrases 6d, come rain or shine at shine n.1 3a. ΚΠ ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 82v Alas my fader shall put me to deth I may not faylle of hit, for as for deth hit shall not greue, saue for the fruyt that I bere, yet shall I kepe hit as well as my self at all auenture come what may come therof [Fr. et en aduiengne ce que aduenir pourra]. 1539 Bible (Great) 2 Sam. xviii. f. xliiijv/2 Then sayd Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadock agayne to Ioab: come what come wyll, let me also runne after Chusi. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. L1v They will to all kinde of wanton pastimes..with come that come will. 1587 E. Hake Oration conteyning Expostulation sig. C Through the which, Come death, come life, come what wil or can come in the world, the pledge and earnest of our saluation in Christe Ihesus is surely setled and sealed vp in our soules. 1602 A. Munday in tr. 3rd Pt. Palmerin of Eng. li. sig. Rr.v Come what may (replyed Trineus)..I shall be readie..to award the very vttermost, therefore I care not, come what can. 1627 M. Drayton Miseries Queene Margarite in Battaile Agincourt 104 Must he loose his Crowne, come weale, come woe, She must be his, though all the world say no. 1657 tr. F. de Quevedo Life & Adventures of Buscon 189 Though I stay in Town all night, or come what will, I must kiss her hands. 1783 H. B. Dudley Magic Picture iv. ii. 66 I think I've marr'd his market, come what may. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 324 Come weel come woe, I care na by. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xvii. 175 Nathaniel Pipkin determined, that, come what might, he would develope the state of his feelings. 1843 R. Browning Blot in 'Scutcheon i. iii, in Bells & Pomegranates No. V 7/1 Come what, come will, You have been happy. 1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden 187 Follow out that scheme, come wind, come weather. 1917 C. H. Hanford General Claxton xvi. 139 Come whatever may come, I will still love you. 1975 Times 15 Apr. 6/7 Come what may, the American Ambassador to Saigon..will be rescued by the Marines. 2008 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 17 Jan. 11 Perseverance is what it takes; come what may, you just keep going. < as lemmas |
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