| 单词 | somehow or other |
| 释义 | > as lemmassomehow or other 2. In the phrase somehow or other, somehow or another. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [phrase] > in this, some, any, etc., way > in some way so or soc1449 somehow or another1664 somehow or other1664 somewise1848 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > by any means by hook or (also and) by crookc1380 in any casea1398 by some manner of means1580 at any rate1601 per fas et nefas1602 somehow or another1664 somehow or other1664 at all rates1667 (a) (b)1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. cxvi. 91 Some how or another, Green chatted me into tolerable spirits.1809 S. Smith Serm. I. 75 It somehow or another happens, that the time..is that which would otherwise be appropriated to the duties of religion.1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. 9 You have made a little palace of it, somehow or another.1880 F. G. Lee Church under Q. Elizabeth II. 143. 1664 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 158 An Act..was made ready, but somehow or other was missing. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 294 He found Means some how or other, to get to Jamaica. 1780 Mirror No. 78 But, somehow or other, our expectations have been always disappointed. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. i. 176 His hand shook, to be sure; but some how or other it contrived to do its duty. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 203 We contrived at last, somehow or other, to agree in a general conclusion. < as lemmas |
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