| 单词 | why not |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhy not b. why not is used elliptically as in sense 1c. (Hence as n.: see why-not n.) ΚΠ a1380 St. Aug. 920 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 77 And eny tyme ȝif hit schal beo, Whi not nou? c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4883 Why naght, my gode lorde? what shuld yow eyle? But men do naght so; where-of I merueyle. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Whye not? quid ni. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. i. 44 Yet why not cure the gout's decrepit pain? 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xi. 213 Yet, wherefore, if guilty, should she have perilled herself by coming hither? Why not rather have fled to her father's, or elsewhere? 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxx. 268 You can't marry me? Why not? When I offer you a fortune? 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men III. xxxvii. 65 They say, ‘Here is the Fourth Commandment. All the rest you continue to observe. Why not this?’ 1924 N.E.D. at Why Mod. I can't tell you why not. < as lemmas |
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