| 单词 | at the outside |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the outside 6. colloquial. The upper limit, esp. of an estimate; the fullest or highest degree or quantity, the utmost. Chiefly in at the outside: at the most. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > the greatest amount or quantity > quality of being maximal > maximum maximity1651 maximum1663 outside1699 max1911 upper bound1917 ceiling1934 roof1939 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at (very) most at (the) mostc1300 at the largea1398 at uttermost1530 at the utmost (at utmost)1619 at the outside1852 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Outside, that is the Outside, or utmost Rate. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry iv. v. 78 Two hundred Load upon an Acre, which they reckon the out-side of what is to be laid. 1790 J. Bentham Let. 24 Aug. (1981) IV. 165 Is not a ten years seat in Parliament a fee considerable enough for ten or even twenty years spent in tale-bearing?—that is for the value of three or four weeks every year so employ'd, at the outside. 1838–9 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 43 This woman is young, I suppose at the outside not thirty. 1852 Lit. Gaz. Jan. 70/2 In a few weeks, at the outside, we may expect to see [etc.]. 1885 Law Times Rep. 53 60/2 A red light..distant a quarter of a mile at the outside. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 582 It was not so dear, purse permitting, a few guineas at the outside, considering the fare to Mullingar where he figured on going was five and six there and back. 1947 P. Larkin Girl in Winter iii. iv. 208 At the very most, at the very outside, it should not take anyone more than one hour, and probably a sight less. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxx. 275 ‘Come clean—how long did he have'm?’ Two minutes at the outside. < as lemmas |
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