| 单词 | to speak for itself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak for itself 5. to speak for itself, to be significant or self-evident. (Cf. 15c.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > mean [verb (intransitive)] bea1200 understand?c1425 sense1564 interpret1614 magnify1712 to speak for itself1779 to add up to1873 mean1926 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > be self-evident [verb (intransitive)] 'pear1463 to answer for itself1570 speak1689 to speak for itself1779 show1901 1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 213 The letter was not from any of the family, she said, and that speaks for itself. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. viii. 211 But I need not detail them—the fact speaks for itself. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 127 The paragraph..will speak for itself. < as lemmas |
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