| 单词 | two and two make four |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwo and two make four a. The abstract number equal to one and one. Also in phrases, as two and two make four, used as a typically obvious or undeniable statement; to put two and two together, to consider two or several facts together and draw an inference; to reason about something and come to a conclusion (cf. to put together 3 at put v. Phrasal verbs 1). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > [noun] twaina1398 two1695 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > infer, conclude [verb (transitive)] > based on hypothesis or data educe1794 expound1821 generalizea1828 to put two and two together1849 extrapolate1905 retrodict1940 postdict1952 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 80 The..Notion..is as clear as that Two and Two makes Four. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xvii. 65 When will you acknowledge that two and two make four, and call a pikestaff a pikestaff? 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. xii. i. 254 If they saw that, in proportion to their civility to me, they were depopulated by you, they would put two and two together, and renounce my acquaintance. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xi. 111 Putting two and two together..it was not difficult..to guess who the expected Marquis was. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. 279 Mathematics began with the apprehension that one and one are two. 1898 W. W. Jacobs Disbursm. Sheet in Sea Urchins (1906) 138 Twenty-eight twos equals fifty-six. < as lemmas |
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