单词 | not alone |
释义 | > as lemmasnot alone 1. Limiting the scope of a verb, adjective, phrase, or clause. Only and nothing more; no more than; merely. Usually in not alone, with contrast usually expressed by but (cf. merely adv.2 3). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adverb] > simply, only, or merely butOE onlya1325 alone?c1335 purelya1375 alonelya1400 nobbuta1400 simplya1400 plain1535 barely1577 merelyc1580 purea1616 singly1655 just1668 sommer1835 maara1931 ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 91 (MED) [Catel] nis ilend him bot alone Fort to libbe is lif iwisse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 451 Hetlik he lette of ilk fere To godd self wald he be pere; Noght pere allan, bot mikul mare, For vndur him he wald all ware, And be him self þair comandur. 1585 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Second Pt. First Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood i. ii. lv. f. 221 You dyd not alone resist the great force of the Sonnes of Priamus, but also you dyd destroy and ouerthrow all his generation. 1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restavrata II. iii. 74 These prayers..were not alone thought necessary for all sorts of people..but used both by Priest and People. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 86 Whose Leaves are not alone foul Winter's Prey, But oft by Summer Suns are scorch'd away. View more context for this quotation 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 24 That Sun..not alone the Southern Wit sublimes, But ripens Spirits in cold Northern Climes. 1788 Scots Mag. Oct. 503/2 Slothful in dignity, supine in state, Active alone in cruelty and hate. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxi. 174 Wisdom..Which not alone had guided me, But served the seasons that may rise. View more context for this quotation 1918 Trans. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engineers 39 700 Improvement in designing did not refer alone to coal saving, but also to labor saving. 2008 Y. Moroi Ethics of Conviction & Civic Responsibility v. 76 They are not alone objecting, but also envisioning a better society. < as lemmas |
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