| 单词 | at all costs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat all costs f. at all costs: whatever the cost may be; in spite of any loss incurred or detriment suffered. [Compare French à tout prix (1807 in this sense).] ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [phrase] > determination regardless of consequences at all perilsc1300 sinka1393 sink or swimc1410 neck or nothing1673 coûte que coûte1715 at all costs1810 Sydney or the bush1924 1810 Eclectic Rev. May 434 We are quite at a loss for the meaning and object of..that air of resignation to the imperious dictates of conscience at all costs and hazards. 1822 R. Carlile in Republican 31 May p. vi There are others who are determined to practise it at all costs. 1879 Tract Mag. 10 134 Is it not plain then, that, at all costs, the evil calling should be given up? 1926 A. Huxley Two or Three Graces 150 At all costs, no frankness! 1970 Daily Tel. 13 Oct. 11/2 Our..wish to be left alone at all costs. 2011 K. Edger Losing Bond with God iii. 15 Lust continues to be understood as a sin that should be avoided at all costs. < as lemmas |
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