| 单词 | would be none the worse for |
| 释义 | > as lemmas—— would be none (also would not be) the worse for f. colloquial. —— would be none (also would not be) the worse for: —— would be all the better for, or would be improved by (the specified addition or change). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [phrase] —— would be none (also would not be) the worse for1795 up a gear1971 1795 G. Washington Let. 7 June in Writings (1940) XXXIV. 212 If the floors above them, were of Inch and quarter pine, they would not be the worse for it. 1830 Imperial Mag. Dec. 1122/2 Why, I must confess, Terence, our own prospects would be none the worse for such an addition. 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 20 Their allowance of rice and Indian meal would not be the worse for such additions. 1910 G. K. Chesterton What's Wrong with World iii. xii. 176 Thinking that she would be none the worse for a ballot paper. 2008 R. Swinburne in M. W. F. Stone Reason, Faith & Hist. iv. 71 Any world which God could make to which you add such creatures would be none the worse for such an addition. < as lemmas |
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