| 单词 | as well as can be expected |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas well (also much, etc.) as can (also could) be expected a. as well (also much, etc.) as can (also could) be expected and variants: used to indicate that a situation is in accordance with what could be anticipated or hoped for, given the circumstances. ΚΠ 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Consol. Helvia in tr. Seneca Wks. ii. 736 Thou wert brought vp vnder thy stepdame, whom thou by all obsequiousnesse and pietie (as much as could be expected [L. conspici] from a naturall daughter) compelledst to be thy mother. 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 152 It is as well as can be expected from her hands, if she attaine that style without some apparant soile. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. ix. 147 This Lady was..as well as could be expected for one in her Condition. View more context for this quotation 1839 W. Gregory tr. J. Liebig Instr. Chem. Anal. Org. Bodies 46 The actual result of experiment agrees as closely as can be expected with the theoretical result. 1868 Monthly Jrnl. (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) Apr. 118/1 Our Division is doing as well as can be expected, numbering some sixty members, all in good standing. 2010 J. Powell Breaking of Eggs (2011) xvi. 299 ‘I rang her a couple of hours ago.’ ‘And?’ ‘And she is as well as can be expected in the circumstances.’ < as lemmas |
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