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单词 at any cost
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at any cost
e. at any cost: whatever the cost may be; = at all costs at Phrases 2f.
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1615 S. Daniel Hymens Triumph iii. i. 40 It pittie were, So rare a peece of worth should so be lost, That ought to be preserued at any cost.
1723 I. Watts Serm. Var. Subj. II. viii. 211 'Tis from a certain Feebleness and Cowardise of Soul that they desire at any Cost, to keep well with all Men.
1791 tr. C. A. de Calonne Considerations Present & Future State France 442 Since there can be no condition worse than that in which we at present are, we ought to endeavour to deliver ourselves from it at any cost whatever.
1817 Niles' Weekly Reg. 19 July 323/1 Who could blame the kidnapped negro for seeking his liberty at any cost, and at every sacrifice?
1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. i. 40 To expel the English at any cost from Shahpuri.
1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 210 The gossip of his fellow students..strove to render the flat life of the college significant at any cost.
1965 Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland) 27 Nov. 4/1 Gen. Douglas MacArthur had taken the position that the war should be won at any cost.
2015 R. Young Dissent ix. 211 Increasing numbers of southerners..urged the government in Richmond to make a peace settlement at any cost.
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