| 单词 | not without |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot without 15. Qualified by a negative: not without = not lacking, with or having some (implying or suggesting a somewhat slight or not very great amount).Cf. not with negative adjective or adverb (not adv. 10c). ΚΠ 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 42 Sa sure a havin..that nocht wtout cause the historiographours named it, the Porte of saifgaird and saiftie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 18 Thou would'st be great, Art not without Ambition. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 36 Nor were we without other guests. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xxxvii. 129 I looked back upon Birmingham not without satisfaction at thinking I should never enter it again. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 113 Many..were not without hopes that mild and liberal counsels might prevail. 1879 J. McCarthy Donna Quixote I. 61 She remembered not without a pang that [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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