英语词汇“ninety-nine times out of a hundred”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. ninety-nine times (cases, etc.) out of (also in, of) a hundred: the great majority of times, etc.; for the most part, almost always.

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1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 133 Taking the whole kingdom at an average, nineteen houses in twenty, or rather perhaps ninety-nine in a hundred, are not insured from fire.

1776 A. Smith Let. 16 June in Corr. (1977) clxi. 201 If it fails, which it does nine times in ten, the second is surely likely to fail ninety nine times in a hundred.

1799 H. Neuman Family Distress i. xi. 17 Blockhead that I was, not to recollect the important truth, that in ninety-nine cases of an hundred, the despised is more worthy than the man who despises him.

1831 J. K. Paulding Dutchman's Fireside I. xviii. 152 He becomes, ninety-nine times in a hundred, the worst, the most mischievous of mongrels.

1866 W. Collins Armadale II. iii. iv. 38 Allan did what ninety-nine men out of a hundred in his position would have done—he declined to take his lawyer's advice.

1894 E. Sullivan Woman 13 In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred she is better.

1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1993) I. 461 But in ninety-nine cases in a hundred prefer To forget them completely and in that do not err.

1938 Amer. Home Oct. 54/2 Probably in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the tarnish on silverware is caused by sulphur.

1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. 38/2 One teacher walked among us, occasionally leaning over..and offering such splendid encouragement as ‘Ninety-nine out of a hundred people can do those pushups’!

单词	ninety-nine times out of a hundred
释义	> as lemmas ninety-nine times (cases, etc.) out of (also in, of) a hundred b. ninety-nine times (cases, etc.) out of (also in, of) a hundred: the great majority of times, etc.; for the most part, almost always. ΚΠ 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 133 Taking the whole kingdom at an average, nineteen houses in twenty, or rather perhaps ninety-nine in a hundred, are not insured from fire. View more context for this quotation 1776 A. Smith Let. 16 June in Corr. (1977) clxi. 201 If it fails, which it does nine times in ten, the second is surely likely to fail ninety nine times in a hundred. 1799 H. Neuman Family Distress i. xi. 17 Blockhead that I was, not to recollect the important truth, that in ninety-nine cases of an hundred, the despised is more worthy than the man who despises him. 1831 J. K. Paulding Dutchman's Fireside I. xviii. 152 He becomes, ninety-nine times in a hundred, the worst, the most mischievous of mongrels. 1866 W. Collins Armadale II. iii. iv. 38 Allan did what ninety-nine men out of a hundred in his position would have done—he declined to take his lawyer's advice. 1894 E. Sullivan Woman 13 In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred she is better. 1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1993) I. 461 But in ninety-nine cases in a hundred prefer To forget them completely and in that do not err. 1938 Amer. Home Oct. 54/2 Probably in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the tarnish on silverware is caused by sulphur. 1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. 38/2 One teacher walked among us, occasionally leaning over..and offering such splendid encouragement as ‘Ninety-nine out of a hundred people can do those pushups’! extracted from ninetyadj.n. < as lemmas
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