| 单词 | at this rate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat this (also that) rate P6. at this (also that) rate: in that case, under these circumstances; if things continue in the current manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > in any case, at all > in a particular case at this (also that) rate1752 case1849 1752 G. G. Beekman Let. 23 Oct. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) 152 Some Chaps..have raised it to 4/3 a bushel. At this rate will Soon be at 5/ but am Still of Oppinion will not Exceed it. 1781 Encycl. Brit. VII. 4168/1 It may be asked, how, at this rate, any silver has remained in England? 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xiv. 172 Why, at that rate, you will have been here only six weeks. I expected you to stay two months. View more context for this quotation 1878 H. James Watch & Ward iii. 56 Bald, corpulent, middle-aged—at this rate he would soon be shelved! 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lx But how, at this rate, did Darwin succeed with the capitalists too? 1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart i. 20 Oh for Heaven's sake dont contradict her, Joe. We shall never get anywhere at this rate. 1994 Chicago Tribune 3 July iii. 10/1 At this rate, it might not matter if Greg Norman and John Daly were playing best-ball in the Motorola Western Open. They still might not beat Nick Price. < as lemmas |
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