| 单词 | but too |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbut too.. c. but too.., only too: Here too is apparently = ‘more than is desirable’ (cf. 2c), or ‘more than is or might be expected’, while but (but adv. 2) or only (only adv. 2) = ‘nothing but’, ‘nothing else than’, apparently emphasizes the exclusion of any different quality or state of things such as might be desired or expected. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] too welleOE too muchc1449 to faultiness1530 but too‥1639 over and above1732 to a fault1753 only too1817 1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat ii. i. sig. D I have Discourse and reason, and but too well know I can nor live, nor end a wretched life. 1655 [see sense 4a]. 1817 C. Austen Let. 20 July in J. Austen Lett. (1995) 344 I loved her only too well. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. viii. 170 Stay, then, rash, obstinate girl..you know but too well to whom you trust. < as lemmas |
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