单词 | in the nature of the case |
释义 | > as lemmasin the nature of the case b. in the nature of the case: = in the nature of things at Phrases 7a. ΚΠ 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ Rom. ii. 13 It is, in the nature of the case, probable that [etc.]. a1832 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. to ed. 2, in Wks. (1843) I. 249/2 Of the drift of my book, and the sort of sensation it had made, it is not in the nature of the case he should have been ignorant. 1935 H. H. Farmer World & God i. ix. 158 Our interest is in the Christian experience of God as personal, which in the nature of the case must be self-authenticating. 1991 Financial Times (Nexis) 19 Jan. i. 9 It [sc. Vatican doctrine on war] is always, in the nature of the case, the product of a Christian community. < as lemmas |
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