单词 | whether or no |
释义 | > as lemmaswhether or no 9. whether or no (no adv.1 4), less frequently not. extracted from whetherpron.adj.n.conj. a. as conjunctive phr. introducing a subordinate interrog. clause, as in 3. ΚΠ 1650 R. Sanderson Cases Conscience (1678) 93 The next enquiry must be, Whether or no the words of the Engagement will reasonably bear such a construction. a1657 W. Mure Hist. Rowallane in Wks. (1898) II. 240 Not verie certaine wheyr or not brethren yrof at one & the same time, do beare the armes of the paternall coat. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 92. ¶5 Whether or no they are real Husbands or personated ones I cannot tell. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. ix. 220 What matters whether or no I make my way in life. 1871 J. Morley J. de Maistre in Crit. Misc. 174 As Protestants always ask of so much of Catholicism as they have dropped, whether or no it is true. b. introducing a qualifying clause, as in 8. ΚΠ 1665 R. Boyle Disc. ii. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. C6 They..help to make the man good, whether or no they make his style be thought so. 1868 A. C. Swinburne W. Blake 88 The shape or style of workmanship each artist is bound to look to, whether or no he may..trouble himself about the moral..bearings of his work. c. elliptical as adv.phr. In any case, at all events. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > in any case algatec1330 for any chancea1400 at (also in) all events1550 howsoever1586 in any event1692 oncea1715 whether or no1784 for any sake1824 at any event1838 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate alwayc1405 alwaysa1413 of all hands1548 when all is said and done?1570 after all1590 howevera1616 at all rates1667 at any rate1730 whether or no1784 anyhow1799 anyways1828 anyhows1830 anyway1832 any road1855 anywise1859 whatever1870 any old how1900 anyhoo1924 nohow1926 anyroads1929 1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 182 Whether or no, this coat shall be my favourite coat. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxviii. 191 Was it natural that at that instant, without any previous impulse or design, Kit should kiss Barbara? He did it, whether or no. 1873 J. Morley Struggle for National Educ. 79 You may say that this is to degrade the state. Possibly. But whether or no, this is the principle already..acted upon. 1904 S. J. Weyman Abbess of Vlaye xiii ‘God help us whether or no!’ the Vicomte answered in senile anger. < as lemmas |
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