| 单词 | nothing near |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnothing near b. nothing near: not nearly, nowhere near. Cf. near adv.2 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adverb] > not nearly or far from being near1447 nowhere near (also nigh)c1449 nothing less?1520 nothing near1581 nothing nigh1743 nearly1745 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 5 b Your courteous good will maketh you go beyond the trueth,..which commeth nothing neere to that you spake of. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. xlviii. Comm. The terrestrial citie of Jerusalem..was nothing nere so large. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 59 This was no great state (nothing neere Naamans). 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 25 Not much inferior to the other, but nothing near so large. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §13. 23 The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage I. ix. 273 Miss Petcalf is nothing near so dark as Mrs. Carneguy, surely. 1874 B. P. Shillaber Lines in Pleasant Places 119 Things then were nothing near as slow As they appear in our romances. a1966 D. Schwartz Summer Knowl. (1967) 87 To our perspective, nothing near, The moving pins lack actuality. 1991 E. R. Taylor Tomorrow (BNC) 67 ‘Black and White Danish Dairy! Nothing near as tasty and tender as our——’ and..Mitzi named an Austrian breed Elisabeth had never heard of. < as lemmas |
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