单词 | for one moment |
释义 | > as lemmasfor one moment a. for one moment: for (even) a very short time; at all. Frequently in negative contexts. ΚΠ 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 439 Our thought is still more variable than our sight;..nor is there any single power of the soul, which remains unalterably the same, perhaps for one moment. 1750 Bible (Challoner) Ruth ii. 7 She hath been in the field from morning till now, and hath not gone home for one moment. 1802 J. J. Chapman Two Philosophers 10 But to be for one moment as they, Not recking, not dreading, the gift of the day. 1844 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lxi I never, for one moment, deserted my trust. 1888 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 5th Ser. 25 263 The fly-back chronograph enables time to be measured to 1/ 5th second, without taking the eye for one moment off the object to be watched. 1992 D. Pannick Advocates vi. 201 Lord Upjohn emphasized that he was ‘not, of course, suggesting for one moment that the fact that counsel does or does not call a witness..could possibly by itself be a cause of action for negligence’. < as lemmas |
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