| 单词 | what do you see in him ? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat do you see in him (also her, it, etc.)? d. transitive. In direct and indirect questions with what, as what do you see in him (also her, it, etc.)?, I don't know what you see in him (also her, it, etc.): used to question, often incredulously, what a person finds good or attractive about another person or thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > call for attention [interjection] loOE lookOE heya1225 halec1300 notac1392 what hoc1405 yoa1475 behold1535 hist1599 nota benea1721 see1863 psst1875 1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. viii. 193 What could De Vigne possibly see in that woman? 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley iii ‘What on earth can he see in her?’.. ‘It doesn't matter what you see or don't see. You are not wanted to marry her, so it is immaterial whether you can see anything in her or not!’ 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin vii. 114 Can't think what he sees in her. 1971 P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin v. 107 She said quietly, ‘Don't ask me what I see in him, please... Don't make judgments.’ 1989 B. Roche Handful of Stars in Wexford Trilogy (1992) 27 Swan..takes a long, hard look at the place, wondering what on earth anyone in his right mind could see in it. 2004 K. Long Bad Mother's Handbk. (2005) viii. 191 I must admit, I don't know what you ever saw in him, love. I thought he were an arrogant little gob-shite. < as lemmas |
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