| 单词 | i don't suppose? |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI don't suppose..? (b) In idiomatic use. do you suppose..?: used to express an indignant rejection of a suggestion or proposal. you may suppose..: you may be fairly sure (now rare). I don't suppose..?: introducing a declarative clause, used to express a question tentatively. ΚΠ 1796 M. G. Lewis Monk I. i. 38 ‘How, condé?’ said Lorenzo in an angry voice; ‘do you suppose me base enough to have influenced my sister's retirement?’ 1800 R. Warner Walk Western Counties Eng. iv. 101 When I left off play, I found I had got back my own half-guinea, the guinea I had borrowed, and fifteen shillings in good silver, after paying my part of the charge for the day. You may suppose I was not a little happy at this change of fortune. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1838) II. iii. 28 ‘Do you suppose, Mr. Sawyer,’ said Mrs. Raddle , elevating her voice for the information of the neighbours, ‘do you suppose that I'm a-going day after day to let a fellar occupy my lodgings, as never thinks of paying his rent?’ 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiii. 109 ‘Jim, Jim!’ I heard him shouting. But you may suppose I paid no heed. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert v. 43 I was not thinking of myself, but of you. Do you suppose that I want you to remain unmarried in order to secure my own position? 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby ii. 32 I'd like to get one of those police dogs; I don't suppose you got that kind? 1954 M. de la Roche Variable Winds at Jalna vii. 120 ‘I did not,’ he declared, with violence... ‘Do you suppose that I would cross the ocean to see Adeline married to a man I detest?’ 1995 S. Nye Best of Men behaving Badly (2000) 4th Ser. Episode 6. 163/2 It's been three days now. I don't suppose you fancy a quickie? 2010 A. Karpol Gift 632 So what do you suppose, that I'm some kind of witch because I dream? Is that what you think? < as lemmas |
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