单词 | so be , be it |
释义 | > as lemmasso be (that), be it (that) 3. To be the case or the fact. Chiefly in so be (that), be it (that): if it be the case that, suppose that. Cf. so adv. and conj. 3a. See also howbeit adv. and conj., sobeit conj. and n. and cf. being conj. Now rare.if so be (that): see if conj. and n. Phrases 2. ΚΠ c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 222 (MED) Wanne hi of þis world wendeþ, beswo þet hi ne be ine no diadlich senne. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 5655 (MED) Bi so þat he wille kisse me, Euer eft we schul frendes be. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 24 Beso it be not aȝenst his lawe. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1173 If so were that the quene were brought..to the fyre, shortely they all wolde rescow her. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Ti Be it so the Corinthians had no suche contencions among them. 1569 J. Leslie Def. Honour Marie Quene of Scotl. iii. f. 143v Yet yt so beinge that the vse therof ys not repugnante to the saide holye scripture, they haue bene..kepte, vsed and obserued. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xix. 4 And be it indeed that I haue erred. View more context for this quotation 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty iii. v. 139 Be it that Marchants traffick with strangers, be it that Princes treate by their Ambassadours, wisdom fenceth her self onely by cunning. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Mock-doctor iii. i, in Molière Wks. IV. 213 Be it that we do good, or be it that we do ill, we are always paid after the same rate. 1851 J. Hume Repent. iv. Poems 96 So-be the haunting sense of wrong..Were loosen'd from his breast. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 294 If they quarrel, it is a ruction..—so be it there are no fatalities which would amount to a real fray. < as lemmas |
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