英语词汇“we'll see about that”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. intransitive. colloquial. we'll see about that and variants.

a. Used to avoid giving an immediate answer or decision. Also we'll have to see about that. Cf. sense 23b(b).

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > be ambiguous [phrase]

to make one boot serve for either leg1533

we'll see about that1791

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1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest III. xv. 81 ‘Surely she would be better at the chateau, if she could be moved.’ ‘We will see about that,’ said her aunt. ‘In the mean time let me speak to Peter.’

1846 G. P. R. James Step-mother I. xv. 171 ‘We will see about that, sir,’ answered Williams, ‘but there are first one or two things to be settled’.

1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ O.V.H. III. x. 236 Yes—I don't know—perhaps I'll go with you. We'll see about it.

1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica 1. 7 She had asked about that already, and her father had replied, evasively: ‘We'll have to see about that, little Vee.’

1973 Oak Forest (Illinois) Star Tribune 17 May 10/2 Next year? ‘We have to see about that,’ stated Gronsman.

2014 Sun (Nexis) 17 Nov. 47 It'd be a shame not to do it again but maybe it's just not to be, we'll see about that... I'll think about it.

b. Used (typically either angrily or sceptically) to contradict or challenge a claim or assertion. Also we'll soon see about that.

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1809 W. Dunlap tr. A. von Kotzebue Fraternal Discord iv. 48 Mrs. G. Well, my little miss, what is the captain's birth-day to you? Char. That would I tell him myself. Mrs. G. So?—ay, ay, we'll see about that! [Ger. So?—ei! seht mir doch!]

1854 Punch 21 Jan. 34/1 She says that she will sing at concerts only, but we shall see about that.

1880 J. W. Gally Sand 124 ‘I'll keep the books straight enough.’ Blethers looked at him in his lofty way which seemed to say, ‘I'll see about that,’ and then he went out.

1968 G. Weill To Bury Cousin ii. 54 Hilda. He won't even talk to you, Bert. Bert. Oh, he won't huh? Well, we'll just see about that!

1992 P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 170 So the John Wayne stuff is over is it? We'll soon see about that!

2004 S. Belding Winning with Employee from Hell iii. 43 I overheard him telling somebody that he absolutely refused to lie to people... ‘Yeah, sure,’ I remember thinking to myself, ‘we'll see about that.’

单词	we'll see about that
释义	> as lemmas we'll see about that 2. intransitive. colloquial. we'll see about that and variants. a. Used to avoid giving an immediate answer or decision. Also we'll have to see about that. Cf. sense 23b(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > be ambiguous [phrase] to make one boot serve for either leg1533 we'll see about that1791 see1823 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest III. xv. 81 ‘Surely she would be better at the chateau, if she could be moved.’ ‘We will see about that,’ said her aunt. ‘In the mean time let me speak to Peter.’ 1846 G. P. R. James Step-mother I. xv. 171 ‘We will see about that, sir,’ answered Williams, ‘but there are first one or two things to be settled’. 1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ O.V.H. III. x. 236 Yes—I don't know—perhaps I'll go with you. We'll see about it. 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica 1. 7 She had asked about that already, and her father had replied, evasively: ‘We'll have to see about that, little Vee.’ 1973 Oak Forest (Illinois) Star Tribune 17 May 10/2 Next year? ‘We have to see about that,’ stated Gronsman. 2014 Sun (Nexis) 17 Nov. 47 It'd be a shame not to do it again but maybe it's just not to be, we'll see about that... I'll think about it. b. Used (typically either angrily or sceptically) to contradict or challenge a claim or assertion. Also we'll soon see about that. ΚΠ 1809 W. Dunlap tr. A. von Kotzebue Fraternal Discord iv. 48 Mrs. G. Well, my little miss, what is the captain's birth-day to you? Char. That would I tell him myself. Mrs. G. So?—ay, ay, we'll see about that! [Ger. So?—ei! seht mir doch!] 1854 Punch 21 Jan. 34/1 She says that she will sing at concerts only, but we shall see about that. 1880 J. W. Gally Sand 124 ‘I'll keep the books straight enough.’ Blethers looked at him in his lofty way which seemed to say, ‘I'll see about that,’ and then he went out. 1968 G. Weill To Bury Cousin ii. 54 Hilda. He won't even talk to you, Bert. Bert. Oh, he won't huh? Well, we'll just see about that! 1992 P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 170 So the John Wayne stuff is over is it? We'll soon see about that! 2004 S. Belding Winning with Employee from Hell iii. 43 I overheard him telling somebody that he absolutely refused to lie to people... ‘Yeah, sure,’ I remember thinking to myself, ‘we'll see about that.’ extracted from seev. < as lemmas
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