| 单词 | for reasons best known to oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor reasons (also some reason) best known to oneself f. for reasons (also some reason) best known to oneself: for unknowable or seemingly perverse reasons. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adverb] > without good reason without reasona1382 unprobably1599 for reasons (also some reason) best known to oneself1600 groundlessly1661 baselessly1843 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah vii. 147 For God many times doth crosse the actions of such as be deere vnto him, either to trye their patience,..or to make them loath the world, or for some other reason best knowne vnto himselfe. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants 84 Yet it hath pleased God (for Reasons best known to himselfe) not to allow us this convenience. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 19 At other times (for a Reason best known to my self) I thought fit to sharpen my Invention with Hunger. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iv. xiii, in Misc. III. 383 To attain an End, which Fortune, for Reasons only known to herself, hath thought proper to deny them. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. v. 61 Mr. Knightley..for some reason best known to himself, had certainly taken an early dislike to Frank Churchill. View more context for this quotation 1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte III. xli. 133 Removing his pipe and the hat which, for reasons best known to himself, he wore while at work. 1938 ‘G. Graham’ Swiss Sonata vi. 250 She tried very hard to adopt me, but my father, for reasons best known to himself, wouldn't give me up. 1994 Guardian 17 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 49/4 For reasons best known to themselves, large flocks of Japanese have taken up residence..among the Tudorbethan Groves and Crescents. < as lemmas |
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