单词 | as it stands |
释义 | > as lemmasas it stands a. as it stands. extracted from standv. (a) Of an item of property for sale or transferring ownership: in its existing state or condition, with all existing contents, etc. Also as it stood. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [phrase] > with all its furniture, decoration, etc. as it stands1454 1454 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 171 I wyll scho have the hole howshowld as it standys. 1527 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 14 I will a house to my wif in Scrayngham, and hir chamer as it standis. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. i If you have the estate, you must take it with the live stock on it, as it stands. 1860 New Monthly Mag. Mar. 277 East Lynne..was now the property of Mr. Carlyle. He had bought it as it stood, furniture and all. 1912 Club Jrnl. 20 Jan. 585 This company accepts the car as it stands, attends to the packing, shipping, clearance, etc., and delivers the car abroad, unpacked and ready to drive. 2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning xviii. 152 ‘Voetstoots.’ ‘What does that mean?’ ‘It means you buy everything as it stands and at your own risk.’ (b) Used parenthetically or as a sentence adverb: in the existing circumstances, as it is. ΚΠ 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxxiv. 343 We've not quite so much proof as I could wish. It would be straining a point to arrest him, as it stands. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vi. 113 When we have got our man..we shall be better able to judge. But, even as it stands, we have surely gone a long way. 2017 J. Boakye Hold Tight App. 335 As it stands, Grime is unquestionably cool; dominated by a clutch of shelf-ready insiders who are readily exalted for their alpha status. < as lemmas |
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