| 单词 | what price——? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat price——? P5. what price——?: what is the value or use of ——? (Frequently merely an expression of cynicism or contempt: ‘so much for ——’.) Also: what is the likelihood of ——? What are the odds of —— happening? ΚΠ 1890 N.Z. Observer 22 Nov. 4 What price globo white elephant shares? 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in John Bull's Other Island 245 Bill (cynically..) Wot prawce Selvytion nah? 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iv. ix. 1114 It's all very nice for you to be so calm. But what price its being my watch that's lost, not yours, old sport? 1930 R. Lehmann Note in Music vii. 301 But what price jaunts on Sundays—eh? 1973 ‘B. Graeme’ Two & Two make Five iv. 31 What price himself to replace Perkins, he asked himself with cynical amusement. 1998 Harper's Mag. May 65/3 What price masculinity now? < as lemmas |
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