单词 | not only, but also |
释义 | > as lemmasnot only, but also (b) After not only, not merely. Frequently strengthened by the addition of also ( not only, but also). Cf. only adv. 3. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. viii. 21 We purueyen goode thingis, not oonly bifore God, but also bifore alle men. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 285 My gold is youres..And nat oonly my gold but my chaffare. ?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 511 Nott oonli..medful, butt moost medeful. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 236 (MED) For sekenys enfebelyth not only the body, but also al Wyse resoun and mynde. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiii. 36 It is not only allowable, but also necessary. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 57 Artizans have not only their Growths and Perfections but likewise their Vains and Times. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 18 We had time not only to see the Town, but the places circumjacent also. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. vi. 95 I was not only endowed with the Faculty of Speech, but likewise with some Rudiments of Reason. 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 21 I might not only secure my acquittal, but make merit with the opposers of the bill. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 232 The ally..was not only a Roman Catholic, but a persecutor of the reformed Churches. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. Prel. 21 Leofric was not merely Lord of Bourne, but Earl of Mercia. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 25 They not only tell lies but bad lies. 1933 A. S. Eddington Expanding Universe iii. 109 We can thus imagine space to be populated not only with real stars and galaxies but with ghosts of stars which existed 6000 million, 12000 million, etc. years ago. 2016 C. Kruse Social Life Forensic Evid. iii. 60 The investigator was sure the custodee had not only driven the car but also stolen it. < as lemmas |
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