| 单词 | rarely or ever |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrarely or ever b. rarely or ever: seldom or never (cf. seldom or ever at seldom adv. c). ΚΠ 1692 Arts of Empire xxvi. 223 Forced Promises which concern a whole State, are not binding, and rarely or ever kept. 1766 tr. J.-H.-S. Formey Eccl. Hist. I. xiii. 226 They were..thrown into prisons, from whence they rarely or ever came out, but to the flames. 1768 Woman of Honor I. 139 But those schemes..rarely or ever answer the end. 1811 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 200/1 The contest would rarely or ever take place, where the friends of the Establishment were not numerous enough. 1887 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 511/2 It is a well-known fact that Millet rarely or ever used models. 1911 Times 14 Apr. 11/6 The disease occurs at all times of the year, but is generally observable during wet or damp weather, rarely or ever during intense cold or in hot dry weather. 1968 Rev. Politics 30 516 Compilations in the realm of so-called structural-functional sociology and political ‘science’ are rarely or ever a thankful task. 2003 A. Phillips Lawyers' Lang. iv. 121 Liberty of political expression is so fundamental that it is now rarely or ever put to the test. < as lemmas |
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