英语词汇“all or nothing”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 or nothing: everything or nothing, when presented as the only available or permitted choices or possible outcomes. Cf. all-or-nothing adj. 2.

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1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI vii. 226 Hee would not haue been satisfied with halfe Europe. All or nothing.

1649 S. Richardson Divine Consol. 87 To be saved by Christ, and to be saved by works, are contrary, the one excludes the other, Christ will be all, or nothing.

1703 Life William III (new ed.) 39 His natural fury and Ambition sparred him to gain all or nothing, which did not end well with him.

1793 B. Vaughan Lett. Concert Princes Pref. p. xxii. Liberty will no longer seek to build its temple upon the sands of democracy; nor ambition pursue that deep game, of all or nothing.

1862 R. W. Emerson Jrnl. Jan. (1914) IX. 361 My estimate of my own mental means and resources is all or nothing; in happy hours, life..infinitely rich, and sterile at others.

1891 A. D. Waller Introd. Human Physiol. iii. 90 ‘All or nothing’ is the motto of the heart's contraction under these circumstances.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 104/2 In the case of the heart muscle, this fact has long been known and was given the name of the ‘law of all-or-nothing’... This law has now been shown to hold for voluntary muscle and for nerve.

1950 B. Wootton Test. Social Sci. iii. 49 Questions which (like nearly all the significant issues in life) cannot but be matters of more or less are constantly answered in terms of yes or no, all or nothing.

1996 Beverly Press 4 July 17 Why is it all-or-nothing?

单词	all or nothing
释义	> as lemmas all or nothing a. all or nothing: everything or nothing, when presented as the only available or permitted choices or possible outcomes. Cf. all-or-nothing adj. 2. ΚΠ 1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI vii. 226 Hee would not haue been satisfied with halfe Europe. All or nothing. 1649 S. Richardson Divine Consol. 87 To be saved by Christ, and to be saved by works, are contrary, the one excludes the other, Christ will be all, or nothing. 1703 Life William III (new ed.) 39 His natural fury and Ambition sparred him to gain all or nothing, which did not end well with him. 1793 B. Vaughan Lett. Concert Princes Pref. p. xxii. Liberty will no longer seek to build its temple upon the sands of democracy; nor ambition pursue that deep game, of all or nothing. 1862 R. W. Emerson Jrnl. Jan. (1914) IX. 361 My estimate of my own mental means and resources is all or nothing; in happy hours, life..infinitely rich, and sterile at others. 1891 A. D. Waller Introd. Human Physiol. iii. 90 ‘All or nothing’ is the motto of the heart's contraction under these circumstances. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 104/2 In the case of the heart muscle, this fact has long been known and was given the name of the ‘law of all-or-nothing’... This law has now been shown to hold for voluntary muscle and for nerve. 1950 B. Wootton Test. Social Sci. iii. 49 Questions which (like nearly all the significant issues in life) cannot but be matters of more or less are constantly answered in terms of yes or no, all or nothing. 1996 Beverly Press 4 July 17 Why is it all-or-nothing? extracted from alladj.pron.n.adv.conj. < as lemmas
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