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单词 no object
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no object (also not an object)
b. no object (also not an object): a thing not regarded as important; a factor which presents no obstacle or which does not need to be taken into account.For discussion of the development of this usage see C. T. Onions in Soc. Pure Eng. Tract (1931) xxxvi. 531–4.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > types of
a chip in porridge1647
no object (also not an object)1782
1782 Morning Herald 20 May 4/2 (advt.) A Gentlewoman..wishes to superintend the family of a single Gentleman or Lady..and salary will be no object.
1796 Deb. Congr. U.S. 7 Apr. (1849) 878/2 Enjoying..unexampled prosperity,..the expense of completing the frigates could be no object to the country.
a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. vii. 126 The money is nothing, it is not an object, but employment is the thing. View more context for this quotation
1855 Poultry Chron. 3 67/2 Where every convenience is obtainable, and expense no object.
1871 Eng. Mechanic 20 Jan. 431/1 The colour of the solder is no object, as the joint will be hidden.
1891 C. E. L. Riddell Mad Tour 3 The time when distance was, as the advertisements say, ‘no object’.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 101 If time is not an object, a long continued period of soaking (24 hours) will answer the same purpose.
1926 A. Bennett Ld. Raingo ii. lxxii. 326 ‘I'm thinking of going back to town now, sir... Unless of course you'd like me to stay.’ ‘No object in staying,’ Sam murmured, as if in disgust.
1930 London Mercury Nov. 45 Distance being no object..scenes in Siam can be..transmitted.
1988 Observer 8 May (Colour Suppl.) 19/4 If you asked every Grand Prix team, money no object..,every single one would choose Alain Prost as their number one.
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