| 单词 | question-beggar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquestion-beggar question-beggar n. ΚΠ 1905 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 23 Dec. 7/3 Other opinion has it..that such a phrase as ‘mere esthetics’ is a question-beggar. 1935 A. P. Herbert What a Word! viii. 229 The chief kind is the Question-beggar, the epithet or phrase which assumes or imputes that the question under discussion has been conclusively answered already. 1997 A. De Jasay Against Politics i. v. 112 Popper implies that it is hocus-pocus when it is large scale, and scientific when it is piecemeal... But the key word ‘piecemeal’ is nothing but a key question-beggar in this context. < as lemmas |
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