英语词汇“i don't know about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. intransitive. colloquial I don't (later also wouldn't) know about ——: used to suggest reluctance to comment on the validity of an assertion, suggestion, etc. (and sometimes also scepticism on the part of the speaker); frequently as I don't (or wouldn't) know about that. Cf. I wouldn't know at Phrases 41.The replacement of don't by wouldn't in this expression, which seems first to have taken place in American English, may reflect a further distancing of the speaker from the assertion or suggestion being made.

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1815 R. Bloomfield Hist. Little Davy's New Hat i. 5 ‘She will never be the poorer for it, I know.’ ‘I don't know about that,’ said Davy; ‘but I know that I have got it.’

1833 Lady Stepney New Road to Ruin II. vii. 55 ‘Is Dr. C— very clever?’..‘I don't know about his being very clever!..but he's the man I would call in to you..supposing you were sick, and I in any dilemma.’

1840 H. J. Conway Battle of Stillwater ii. ii, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 129 Cotton. None dare dispute it. Uzz. Well, I don't know about that.

1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children I. iii. 37 ‘I think I have heard your mother speak of her as though she loved her dearly,’ said Tregear. ‘I don't know about loving her dearly. They were intimate.’

1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xiv. 144 ‘They all seem t' think we've got 'em jest where we want 'em.’ ‘I don't know about that,’ the youth replied. ‘What I seen over on th'right makes me think it was th'other way about.’

1930 D. Parker Laments for Living 212 ‘What those big blue eyes of yours do to me is nobody's business. Know that?’ ‘Oh, I wouldn't know about that,’ she said.

1960 L. P. Hartley Facial Justice xvi. 133 ‘Every man has his type, of course—.’ ‘I wouldn't know about that.’

1997 Indianapolis Star 28 Dec. c6/6 It's an act of God when I punt the ball because I don't know how I do it... People talk about hitting the sweet spot, but I don't know about that.

2005 R. Haddock Man from Savannah 220 ‘I guess it's a little tough to be a ladies man when you live at home.’ ‘I wouldn't know about being a ladies man... I guess that would be your department.’

单词	i don't know about
释义	> as lemmas I don't (later also wouldn't) know about —— 2. intransitive. colloquial I don't (later also wouldn't) know about ——: used to suggest reluctance to comment on the validity of an assertion, suggestion, etc. (and sometimes also scepticism on the part of the speaker); frequently as I don't (or wouldn't) know about that. Cf. I wouldn't know at Phrases 41.The replacement of don't by wouldn't in this expression, which seems first to have taken place in American English, may reflect a further distancing of the speaker from the assertion or suggestion being made. ΚΠ 1815 R. Bloomfield Hist. Little Davy's New Hat i. 5 ‘She will never be the poorer for it, I know.’ ‘I don't know about that,’ said Davy; ‘but I know that I have got it.’ 1833 Lady Stepney New Road to Ruin II. vii. 55 ‘Is Dr. C— very clever?’..‘I don't know about his being very clever!..but he's the man I would call in to you..supposing you were sick, and I in any dilemma.’ 1840 H. J. Conway Battle of Stillwater ii. ii, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 129 Cotton. None dare dispute it. Uzz. Well, I don't know about that. 1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children I. iii. 37 ‘I think I have heard your mother speak of her as though she loved her dearly,’ said Tregear. ‘I don't know about loving her dearly. They were intimate.’ 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xiv. 144 ‘They all seem t' think we've got 'em jest where we want 'em.’ ‘I don't know about that,’ the youth replied. ‘What I seen over on th'right makes me think it was th'other way about.’ 1930 D. Parker Laments for Living 212 ‘What those big blue eyes of yours do to me is nobody's business. Know that?’ ‘Oh, I wouldn't know about that,’ she said. 1960 L. P. Hartley Facial Justice xvi. 133 ‘Every man has his type, of course—.’ ‘I wouldn't know about that.’ 1997 Indianapolis Star 28 Dec. c6/6 It's an act of God when I punt the ball because I don't know how I do it... People talk about hitting the sweet spot, but I don't know about that. 2005 R. Haddock Man from Savannah 220 ‘I guess it's a little tough to be a ladies man when you live at home.’ ‘I wouldn't know about being a ladies man... I guess that would be your department.’ extracted from knowv. < as lemmas
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