| 单词 | too good to be true |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoo good to be true b. too good to be true: expressing disbelief or doubt that something could genuinely be as good as it seems. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > unbelievable unlevelyOE untrowablea1382 incredible1412 unbelievedc1425 inopinable?a1475 unbelievable1548 discredible1580 too good to be true1580 incomprehensible1604 incredulousa1616 intestablea1631 inconceivable1646 unpersuasive1651 inconceptiblea1676 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. i. iii. sig. Biij I thought thy talke was too sweete to be true.] 1580 T. Lupton (title) Siuquila. Too good to be true. 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iv. ii. sig. F3v It was too good to be true. 1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia v. iv. sig. K3 My heart hath dwelt so long in house With that first tale, at this which is come new, Cannot be put in trust with my desire So soone, besides 'tis too good to be true. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace vii. 142 They thought it was too good to be true. 1797 W. Huntington Living Testimonies II. lxix. 367 These last letters of yours have again revived my hope..; though I thought, in reading them, that their contents were too good to be true of me. 1849 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. May (1954) I. 282 There is a sort of blasphemy in that proverbial phrase ‘too good to be true’. 1893 F. Remington Let. 24 Jan. (1988) 162 It is simply out of sight..too good to be true. 1908 W. S. Churchill My Afr. Journey v. 90 It is too good to be true. One can hardly believe that such an attractive spot can be cursed with malignant attributes. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) Luke xxiv. 41 They were still unconvinced, still wondering, for it seemed too good to be true. 2002 Independent 3 May i. 14/2 Was it all just too good to be true? < as lemmas |
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