单词 | to have no time for |
释义 | > as lemmasto have no (a lot of, etc.) time for (a) colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for, to have no (considerable, etc.) respect or admiration for. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > utterly to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, (etc.) at, by, ofc1374 not to set at a glovec1430 not to care (three skips of) a lousea1592 to have no use for1596 to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1901 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] followOE honourc1275 regard1526 to take off one's hat1571 respect1576 to see unto ——1579 suspect1590 honestate1623 defer1686 consider1692 to look up to1719 to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1938 1901 N.Z. Observer 2 Nov. 26/1 [He] seems down-hearted since the girls have no time for him. 1904 Shearer (Sydney) 27 Aug. 8/2 We have no time for the ‘claptrap’ ladled out to the workers by blatherskites of the Cocky Mac type. 1938 N. Marsh Artists in Crime xi. 156 The only one they seemed to have much time for was the Honourable Basil Pilgrim. 1952 A. Grimble Pattern of Islands ix. 177 He never had much time for pen-pushers, as he called them. 1966 J. Cleary High Commissioner xi. 247 I don't think he'd harm her... I think he had a lot of time for my wife. 1987 D. Simpson Elem. of Doubt (1988) iii. 29 There's no point in pretending I had much time for Nerine. 2006 Dogs Monthly July 61/2 I have always had a lot of time for Vita and I think she is a great lady. < as lemmas |
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