| 单词 | if anything |
| 释义 | > as lemmasif anything 6. The conditional clause is often elliptical, and may dwindle down to if and a word or phrase sufficient to suggest the complete sense; so if not (= if a thing is, be, or were not), formerly sometimes = ‘unless, except’; if any (see any adj. 2); if anything, if in any degree, perhaps even; if not, why not (see why adv. 4b). ΚΠ c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 725 Knowe it ȝiue ȝe can. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Dan. iii. 18 Our God..wil deliuer vs.. But if not, be it knowen to thee, o King, yt we wil not serue thy gods. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. ii. §139. 61 He hath not authoritie to deliver it, if not by commandement. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 173 Frogs are of great vertue, if physically used. 1711 London Gaz. mmmmdccclxiii/4 Very little if any white about him. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vi. 54 We are not to judge of the feelings of others by what we might feel if in their place. 1836 G. C. Lewis Let. 15 July (1870) 54 The writer says that the wages are nearly equal; if anything, the King's wages are rather the lowest. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 74 The style of Bede, if not elegant Latin, is yet correct, sufficiently classical. 1851 H. Spencer Social Statics xxviii. 392 If anything, we were comparatively deficient in these respects. 1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly II. iv. vi. 257 Shall I ever be in love? and if not, why not? 1882 Knowledge 2 70 So that she might be cured, if possible. 1884 Illustr. London News 5 July 18/1 He measured six feet two, if an inch; he weighed eighteen stone, if a pound. 1895 R. H. Sherard in Bookman Oct. 16/2 [He] labours hard over his proofs of the book, though little, if at all, over the newspaper proofs. 1909 P. A. Vaile Mod. Golf v. 92 If anything, touch the grass first. 1921 Wireless World 9 187/1 L. M. T... asks..(3) If a diagram he sends is correct and, if not, why not. 1931 H. Belloc Hist. Eng. IV. ii. i. 260 If anything the ritual of King-worship was even more exaggerated in her case than in the case of Henry or of Edward. 1944 K. A. Esdaile St. Martin in the Fields ii. 50 If anything, the destruction was greater than in 1547. 1967 Listener 23 Feb. 261/1 At the start of every month I have to send him an account..of my earnings, if any. < as lemmas |
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