| 释义 |
to be sure1Used to concede the truth of something that conflicts with another point that one wishes to make: the ski runs are very limited, to be sure, but excellent for beginners...- That was unfortunate, to be sure, but certainly not intentional on his part.
- Such insouciance sets an example, to be sure, but not the sort that allows match officials to sleep easily.
- The wealthy do not speak in one voice, to be sure, but they share a broad common perspective.
1.1Used for emphasis: what an extraordinary woman she was, to be sure...- Nostalgia, to be sure, is a disease, a disease that not even a double dose of reality can cure.
- There is reason for bitter reflection upon the demise of the American empire, to be sure.
- This is, to be sure, not a virtue on our part, but simply an idea we are used to.
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