单词 | to make question |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (no) question b. to make (no) question and variants: to raise (no) objection; to express or entertain (no) doubt of or about something. Obsolete.In negative expressions also with but or infinitive clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)] > call in question to bring (also put) into question1390 to make (no) question1447 to call into (also in) question1534 to call into (also in) doubt?1535 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > be certain [verb (intransitive)] to have no werea1400 to make (no) question1447 to bet a big apple1847 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 30 If be ‘what’ or ‘why’ Be questyounn maad of thys tretyhs..As for the fyrste..Certeyn the auctour was an austyn frere. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 249 Than mays clerkis questioun..Quhether he his lordis neid suld let. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 592 Qvestyon was made therof before the marshalles. 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. Pref. 5 We make no question but that it is Apostolical. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 184 I no question make To haue it. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 102 Let us..never make question whether wee ought to call them infirmities of age, or fruits of reason. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 59. ¶3 I make no Question but it would have been looked upon as one of the most valuable Treasuries of the Greek Tongue. 1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 40 He..kiss'd me so vehemently, that I made no question but he intended to do every thing else that Amy had talk'd of. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. ix. 156 I cannot make a question..about that. It is a certainty. View more context for this quotation 1845 W. J. Linton Bob-thin 4 He had (and some make question whether 'Twas done of grace or despotism) Taken advantage of a schism. 1930 C. E. Russell Charlemagne xix. 264 As to personal traits, we can make no question that he had in reserve a notable obstinacy. 2006 Palm Beach Post (Florida) (Nexis) 19 July (Local section) 1 b The priority in my life is my mother. Make no question about it. I will be home with my mother, regardless. < as lemmas |
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