单词 | suffice it to say |
释义 | > as lemmassuffice it to say b. Const. infinitive or clause with, or (formerly) without, anticipatory subject it. Now chiefly in the subjunctive, suffice it, sometimes short for suffice it to say. ΚΠ 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 14 To studie upon the worldes lore Sufficeth now withoute more. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 6864 Than suffysede, stedefastly To loue god, our creatour. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. iiii*v If the childe be weake, it shall suffice to powre water vpon it. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) ii. xxxiv. 153 For to be a good captayne, sufficeth only to be hardy, and fortunate. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 25 It suffices to say, That Xantippus becoming the manager of affairs, altered extreamly the Carthaginian Army. 1779 Mirror No. 8 Suffice it to say, that my parting with the Dervise was very tender. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner x. 100 Suffice it to say that there are many such reasons. < as lemmas |
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