| 单词 | i must say |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI must say b. In expressions of the type I must say: ‘I cannot help saying’. ΚΠ 1567 J. Pikerying Horestes sig. Biiij In dede I must saye, I haue cought the worst, But I wyll be reuengyd. 1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 209 I must confes that those which vse trades of trauaile in the common wealth, doe mutch good to the common wealth, but I must say, the learned doe more good. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 111 I must saye, that your taste differeth much from mine. 1617 H. Roberts Hist. Pheander (rev. ed.) xix. sig. I4 Yet how great soeuer his ouerthrow was, (an honorable minde I must say) were the cause iust, he ordained as mightie a power by Sea. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 34 (1754) 181 He..gave me a glass of each to taste; which, I must say, was excellent ale indeed. 1871 M. Arnold Friendship's Garland 169 The Morning Star, I must say, does its duty nobly. 1963 P. White Let. 6 Oct. (1994) viii. 240 Returning to our house has been quite easy, though I must say it is still pretty cold and mildewy. < as lemmas |
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