英语词汇“whether——or no”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. Expressing the negative in an alternative choice, possibility, etc. Chiefly in whether——or no.The use may have originated in sentences similar to quot. c1500 at sense 1bα. : cf. none pron. 3.

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. viii. 2 Wheþer þou woldist kepe þe hestys of hym or no [a1382 Douce 369(1) nai; c1400 Lamb. noon; L. non].

a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 44 (MED) Þe parischon douteþ nouȝt..of his ordinarie, weþer his power to assoile his sugetis be y-bounde oþer no.

c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 128 (MED) Sal god spar the or no.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 2588 (MED) I will..do as ye councell me, Comforte or no.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith ix. 20 Yf no, then go fyre out from Abimelech.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D3^v He..asketh whether he please to be shauen or no.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 2 By which he tryes and feels all objects, whether they be edible or no.

1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 15 Many of them care not Three Pence whether there be any Church or no.

1736 H. Purefoy Let. 31 July (1931) I. iii. 49 Let mee know by Ned May if you will come or No.

1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 182 Whether or no, this coat shall be my favourite coat.

1853 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 393 Whether or no there be virtue or vice in other worlds.

1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve I. 158 It was a half-baked eloquence... But half-baked or no, David rose to it greedily.

1906 L. L. Bell Carolina Lee 38 You'll have to go on being a millionairess, whether you will or no.

1988 Times 3 Mar. 13/3 He..might afterwards complain (rightly or no) that he was not given an accurate account.

单词	whether——or no
释义	> as lemmas whether——or no 4. Expressing the negative in an alternative choice, possibility, etc. Chiefly in whether——or no.The use may have originated in sentences similar to quot. c1500 at sense 1bα. : cf. none pron. 3. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. viii. 2 Wheþer þou woldist kepe þe hestys of hym or no [a1382 Douce 369(1) nai; c1400 Lamb. noon; L. non]. a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 44 (MED) Þe parischon douteþ nouȝt..of his ordinarie, weþer his power to assoile his sugetis be y-bounde oþer no. c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 128 (MED) Sal god spar the or no. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 2588 (MED) I will..do as ye councell me, Comforte or no. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith ix. 20 Yf no, then go fyre out from Abimelech. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D3^v He..asketh whether he please to be shauen or no. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 2 By which he tryes and feels all objects, whether they be edible or no. 1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 15 Many of them care not Three Pence whether there be any Church or no. 1736 H. Purefoy Let. 31 July (1931) I. iii. 49 Let mee know by Ned May if you will come or No. 1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 182 Whether or no, this coat shall be my favourite coat. 1853 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 393 Whether or no there be virtue or vice in other worlds. 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve I. 158 It was a half-baked eloquence... But half-baked or no, David rose to it greedily. 1906 L. L. Bell Carolina Lee 38 You'll have to go on being a millionairess, whether you will or no. 1988 Times 3 Mar. 13/3 He..might afterwards complain (rightly or no) that he was not given an accurate account. extracted from noadv.¹ < as lemmas
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