单词 | more than enough |
释义 | > as lemmasmore than enough P2. more than enough: (as pronoun and adjective) a greater amount than is necessary; (as adverb) to a greater degree than necessary. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 721 I have at every meel Of plente more than ynowh. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 912 Som of hem toke on hem for þe colde More þan y-nough. 1535–6 H. Latimer Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. i. 471 He is wilfully witty, Dunsly learned..zealous more than enough. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2072 in Wks. (1640) III It is a fleshy style, when there is much Periphrases, and circuit of words; and when with more then enough, it growes fat and corpulent. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 231 They have vex'd me more than enough. 1758 J. Parsons Rejoinder to Reverend Robert Abercrombie’s Late Remarks 9 We hope that more than enough has been said to prove that we are presbyterially constituted. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 305 He had horses more than enough to mount a regiment of cavalry. 1959 A. L. Rowse Diary 20 Feb. (2003) 280 I have had more than enough of seeing my earnings go into the maw of the slackers of the Welfare State. 1984 C. J. Keating Dealing with Difficult People 79 She saved money, provided for the future, worked more than enough. 2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Apr. 41/3 With more than enough votes to override Roosevelt's veto. < as lemmas |
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