英语词汇“one way or the other”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) one way or the other.

(i) With regard to which of two given alternatives is the case. Cf. Phrases 7a(a)(ii), either way at Phrases 7a(c).

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one way or the other1578

either way1593

1578 G. Martin Treat. Schisme i. sig. A.vi I would thou were colde or hott, that is, no dissembler, but a plaine dealer one way or the other.

1618 J. Selden Hist. Tithes (new ed.) vii. 150 How euer very many other questions..are vsually disputed, yet resolue but this, one way or the other.

1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices v. 135 An opinion hath possest some very learned men, that our Saviour was born in September, in such variety of judgements it is not safe dogmatically to determine one way, or the other.

1782 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 V. 269 He spoke not from any prejudice one way or the other.

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 98 The point, arrow shaped, stops at a number and decides the bet one way or the other.

1884 Law Times Rep. 50 29/2 The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1879 has no real bearing one way or the other on the question.

1916 J. L. Dunk Hyperacoustics I. vii. 117 Under conditions which do not permit definite allocation either one way or the other, the discriminance of B and R is destroyed.

1973 B. Rubens Go tell Lemming ii. 17 Often in the past two years he had owned that a choice must be made, a total commitment one way or the other.

2012 D. Park Light of Amsterdam xi. 249 She would lose her daughter one way or the other, whether through the physical separation of the coming marriage or through what would happen between them in the next hours.

(ii) In negative, conditional, and interrogative contexts: regardless of whether something is the case; in the least, whatsoever.

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1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xii. 326 Whether that yellow, heavy, fusible Body, I call Gold, be malleable, or no... It is no Consequence one way or t' other from my complex Idea.

1719 Reply to Subscribing Ministers 27 Others wisely decline troubling themselves about our Debates one way or the other.

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang at Say ‘I have no say in the business’; no power one way or the other.

1940 M. Dickens Mariana ii. 20 She looked round enquiringly at the other people, who didn't care one way or the other.

1969 G. Friel Grace & Miss Partridge iv in Glasgow Trilogy (1999) 248 It was only the mother objected to her talking to the child. The father never bothered one way or the other.

1974 D. Goines Daddy Cool iii. 34 I guess you don't really care one way or the other about this shit, do you, Shirley?

2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 100 ‘So why don't you try and find him?’ ‘Would you care one way or the other?’

单词	one way or the other
释义	> as lemmas one way or the other (b) one way or the other. (i) With regard to which of two given alternatives is the case. Cf. Phrases 7a(a)(ii), either way at Phrases 7a(c). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrariety [phrase] > one way or the other one way or the other1578 either way1593 1578 G. Martin Treat. Schisme i. sig. A.vi I would thou were colde or hott, that is, no dissembler, but a plaine dealer one way or the other. 1618 J. Selden Hist. Tithes (new ed.) vii. 150 How euer very many other questions..are vsually disputed, yet resolue but this, one way or the other. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices v. 135 An opinion hath possest some very learned men, that our Saviour was born in September, in such variety of judgements it is not safe dogmatically to determine one way, or the other. 1782 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 V. 269 He spoke not from any prejudice one way or the other. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 98 The point, arrow shaped, stops at a number and decides the bet one way or the other. 1884 Law Times Rep. 50 29/2 The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1879 has no real bearing one way or the other on the question. 1916 J. L. Dunk Hyperacoustics I. vii. 117 Under conditions which do not permit definite allocation either one way or the other, the discriminance of B and R is destroyed. 1973 B. Rubens Go tell Lemming ii. 17 Often in the past two years he had owned that a choice must be made, a total commitment one way or the other. 2012 D. Park Light of Amsterdam xi. 249 She would lose her daughter one way or the other, whether through the physical separation of the coming marriage or through what would happen between them in the next hours. (ii) In negative, conditional, and interrogative contexts: regardless of whether something is the case; in the least, whatsoever. ΚΠ 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xii. 326 Whether that yellow, heavy, fusible Body, I call Gold, be malleable, or no... It is no Consequence one way or t' other from my complex Idea. 1719 Reply to Subscribing Ministers 27 Others wisely decline troubling themselves about our Debates one way or the other. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang at Say ‘I have no say in the business’; no power one way or the other. 1940 M. Dickens Mariana ii. 20 She looked round enquiringly at the other people, who didn't care one way or the other. 1969 G. Friel Grace & Miss Partridge iv in Glasgow Trilogy (1999) 248 It was only the mother objected to her talking to the child. The father never bothered one way or the other. 1974 D. Goines Daddy Cool iii. 34 I guess you don't really care one way or the other about this shit, do you, Shirley? 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 100 ‘So why don't you try and find him?’ ‘Would you care one way or the other?’ extracted from wayn.¹int.¹ < as lemmas
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