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单词 so much the worse for
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so much the worse for ——
(b) so much the worse for ——: used dismissively to indicate that a previously mentioned action, decision, or situation will have (or has had) negative consequences for the person (or occasionally the thing) specified. Also: used more generally to express disdain, criticism, or hostility towards the person or thing specified.Cf. so much the better for —— at better adj., n.1, and adv. Phrases 4b.
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1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection iv. 704 Phi. S. Paul sayth the Gentiles did sacrifice their meates to the diuel. Theo. So much the worse for those Christians that did eat them.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. iv. xxiii. 32 These kind of Stumps and Hooks will not please our Gard'ners at first... But if, after having known my Reasons, and long Experience, they will neither approve, or try them, so much the worse for them.
1732 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Cit turn'd Gentleman iii. xii. 143 in Sel. Comedies II If your Father was a Tradesman, so much the worse for him; but as for mine, they are Num-sculls that say he was.
1790 By-stander 25 If the sister throws any rub in my way, so much the worse for her.
1843 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 255/1 In the true spirit of that philosophy which disposes of facts with a contemptuous sneer—so much the worse for facts—Mr. Sewell only notices the ignorance of baptized Christians.
1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. x. 398 If logic finds fault with it, so much the worse for logic.
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 6 If you have not profited by my outlay, so much the worse for you.
1886 N. H. Dole tr. L. Tolstoy Anna Karénina ii. xxvi. 213 You have not been willing to have an understanding with me; so much the worse for you.
1935 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 24 Mar. 18/3 Undesirable citizens..are warned to leave the city and the State. If they refuse to leave, so much the worse for them.
1951 Bull. Atomic Scientists Dec. 376/1 If men like this are scared away from physics by the threat of loyalty checks, so much the worse for the country that does it.
2015 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Features section) 6 If protocol requires these empty rituals, so much the worse for protocol.
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