| 单词 | all or none |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall or none b. all or none: = all or nothing at Phrases 25a. In early use chiefly with reference to God or Christ. Cf. all-or-none adj., dictum of all and none n. at dictum n. 3a. ΚΠ 1656 J. Beadle Jrnl. Thankful Christian iv. 77 Christ will admit of no corrivals, he will be all or none. 1721 Henry's Expos. Epist. New Test. (Rom. i. 19–32) 6/1 God will be all or none. 1856 T. H. Benton Thirty Years' View II. 672/2 They turn upon the principle of all or none! 1889 J. Le Conte Evol. & its Relation to Relig. Thought iii. vi. 317 Mind is either all or none; so also mechanics is all or none. 1912 E. H. Starling Princ. Human Physiol. v. 230 The rule of ‘all or none’..was first enunciated for heart muscle. 1934 Theosophist Jan. 374 My remark..was based upon the rule of ‘all or none’. 2003 E. D. Schlenker in S. R. Williams & E. D. Schlenker Essent. Nutrition & Diet Therapy (ed. 8) v. 98/1 If one [sc. amino acid] is missing, the protein is not formed—the law of ‘all or none’. < as lemmas |
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