英语词汇“he could not see it”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. transitive. colloquial. To accept or agree to (an offer, request, proposition, etc.). Only in negative constructions, esp. in he (she, etc.) could not see it: he (she, etc.) refused or declined. Now rare.

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?1860 R. Nicholson Ld. Chief Baron Nicholson: Autobiogr. 67 ‘Get up, my man, and let us go on,’ said the stranger, almost throttling Cracroft. That worthy gentleman, however, ‘could not see it’, as we now say in modern slang. With a struggle he stammered that he had lost the wager.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 223 ‘I don't see that,’ i.e., ‘I don't put faith in what you offer, or I know what you say to be untrue.’

1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 57/2 At its finish he was loudly encored, but ‘he couldn't see it,’ and rose to make a speech.

1890 R. Kipling in United Service Mag. June 236 I said: ‘I can get you Burma tobacco, but I don't keep a canteen up my sleeve.’ They couldn't see it. They wanted all the luxuries of the season, confound 'em.

1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good ii. 60 The old man never could be brought to see it. He said the proper profession for me was the bar.

1944 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 18 May 14/5 Paul Schoenstein..asked Dorothy to take a fling at the column. Dorothy couldn't see it.

单词	he could not see it
释义	> as lemmas he (she, etc.) could not see it e. transitive. colloquial. To accept or agree to (an offer, request, proposition, etc.). Only in negative constructions, esp. in he (she, etc.) could not see it: he (she, etc.) refused or declined. Now rare. ΚΠ ?1860 R. Nicholson Ld. Chief Baron Nicholson: Autobiogr. 67 ‘Get up, my man, and let us go on,’ said the stranger, almost throttling Cracroft. That worthy gentleman, however, ‘could not see it’, as we now say in modern slang. With a struggle he stammered that he had lost the wager. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 223 ‘I don't see that,’ i.e., ‘I don't put faith in what you offer, or I know what you say to be untrue.’ 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 57/2 At its finish he was loudly encored, but ‘he couldn't see it,’ and rose to make a speech. 1890 R. Kipling in United Service Mag. June 236 I said: ‘I can get you Burma tobacco, but I don't keep a canteen up my sleeve.’ They couldn't see it. They wanted all the luxuries of the season, confound 'em. 1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good ii. 60 The old man never could be brought to see it. He said the proper profession for me was the bar. 1944 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 18 May 14/5 Paul Schoenstein..asked Dorothy to take a fling at the column. Dorothy couldn't see it. extracted from seev. < as lemmas
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