英语词汇“all very well”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. all very well: fine or acceptable as far as it goes or up to a point (with the implication that the thing under discussion may be considered unsatisfactory when viewed in a different context or from another perspective). Frequently used in criticizing or rejecting a remark, observation, etc.Sometimes, e.g. in quot. 1898, with the sense of approbation further attenuated by the addition of in his (her, their, etc.) way; cf. way n.¹ and int.¹ Phrases 6c(b).

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1702 Plain Man's Relig. 12 Now this is all very well..but alack! We see it turned to no account.

1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 283 It is all very well, sir; I know what you will say—that you [etc.].

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 16 As to the curate, he was all very well; but..the curate wasn't a novelty, and the other clergyman was.

1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 746/2 As a curiosity the black swan is all very well..but it has none of the beauty and grace of the white swan.

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xx. 67 This would have been all very well, if he had not added to such kindly and unobtrusive evidence a certain wilfulness in discharging what he called debts.

1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xxvii. 288 Mr. Cornish is all very well in his way. But we're not fools.

1961 Ess. & Stud. 21 It is all very well to scoff at H. G. Wells because much of his writing betrays a perky mediocrity.

1985 New Yorker 19 Aug. 27/2 One has heard of holiday romances, which are all very well, but really, in one's own home!

2010 Church Times 29 Oct. 24/5 Debating was all very well 20 months ago; now it is time for action.

单词	all very well
释义	> as lemmas all very well a. all very well: fine or acceptable as far as it goes or up to a point (with the implication that the thing under discussion may be considered unsatisfactory when viewed in a different context or from another perspective). Frequently used in criticizing or rejecting a remark, observation, etc.Sometimes, e.g. in quot. 1898, with the sense of approbation further attenuated by the addition of in his (her, their, etc.) way; cf. way n.¹ and int.¹ Phrases 6c(b). ΚΠ 1702 Plain Man's Relig. 12 Now this is all very well..but alack! We see it turned to no account. 1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 283 It is all very well, sir; I know what you will say—that you [etc.]. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 16 As to the curate, he was all very well; but..the curate wasn't a novelty, and the other clergyman was. 1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 746/2 As a curiosity the black swan is all very well..but it has none of the beauty and grace of the white swan. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xx. 67 This would have been all very well, if he had not added to such kindly and unobtrusive evidence a certain wilfulness in discharging what he called debts. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xxvii. 288 Mr. Cornish is all very well in his way. But we're not fools. 1961 Ess. & Stud. 21 It is all very well to scoff at H. G. Wells because much of his writing betrays a perky mediocrity. 1985 New Yorker 19 Aug. 27/2 One has heard of holiday romances, which are all very well, but really, in one's own home! 2010 Church Times 29 Oct. 24/5 Debating was all very well 20 months ago; now it is time for action. extracted from alladj.pron.n.adv.conj. < as lemmas
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