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单词 ever such
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ever such
b. ever such.
(a) In hypothetical and concessive clauses preceding adjectives or adverbs: to any degree, however much. Obsolete.
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1722 Bibliotheca Biblica II. vi. 81 If he were to multiply Sensible Miracles ever so Often, ever so Variously, and with ever such Astonishing Circumstances.
1751 tr. G.-S. de Mainvilliers Beau-philosopher 193 Was it to be attended with ever such difficult Circumstances, there is nothing that a great mind will not undertake.
1846 Athenaeum 25 July 766/1 Had the author of this work invited us with ever such pert provocations down from the noble lists where our previous encounter took place, we should have left him unnoticed.
1874 Naut. Mag. June 468 Chains will have to be sent..to Glasgow, to be tested.., before they can be legally sold, if a ship be in ever such dire want.
(b) colloquial. Used in affirmative contexts as a vague intensive: to an indefinite or unlimited degree; very much.
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1802 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress IV. v. 97 ‘Lord bless me, no Ma'am!’ replied she: ‘its ever such a way off.’
1895 Pick-me-up 22 June 186/2 She talked in this strain all the way, with ever such a delicious, distracting little plain in her voice.
1918 L. A. Harker Children of Dear Cotswolds xiii. 183 We'll have ever such nice times while I'm here.
1933 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Gay Life ii. 32 My Pops says I'm ever such a lucky girl to have such heaps of friends.
1992 K. Charles Snares of Death xxxvii. 289 They make ever such a handsome couple.
2011 J. Finnis Shadows in Night xii. 119 Ever-such-tasteful statuary dotted about.
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