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单词 where is concerned
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where (a person or thing) is concerned
P3. where (a person or thing) is concerned: in the case of, regarding; when it comes to.
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1644 Ld. Inchiquin et al. Let. to His Majestie 17 July 2 A people, which value not their lives and fortunes, where your Majesties honour is concerned.
1689 W. Atwood Ld. Chief Justice Herbert's Acct. Examined 55 Such was Sir Edward's great scrupulousness, and tenderness, where the Life of Man was concern'd.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iii. 46 The People..understand how far to carry their Obstinacy, where their Liberty or Property is concerned.
1767 B. Thornton tr. Plautus Treasure ii. iv, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies II. 33 Your great man if I meet, I make way for him, Give him the wall, shew him respect, but where The belly is concern'd, I will not yield An inch.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ix. 226 ‘By my soul, Clara, I will make you repent this!’ said Mowbray, with more violence than he usually exhibited where his sister was concerned.
1892 Daily News 12 July 4/8 Where poets dead and gone are concerned,..the practice of selecting and anthologising is comparatively innocuous.
1938 A. Berkeley Not to be Taken ii. 18 Where his wife's whims were concerned it was John Waterhouse's habit quietly to give way.
1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 30 He is particularly resented by shearers, who are rather fastidious where food is concerned.
2010 Asian Woman No. 43. 181/1 Do not make any hasty decisions where finances are concerned.
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