| 单词 | whatsoever |
| 释义 | whatsoever (once / 511 pages) adj The word whatsoever is an old-fashioned way to emphasize a point. If you have no clue whatsoever who ate all the ice cream that was in the freezer, it means you truly have no idea at all who the culprit is. If you say that you have no doubt whatsoever that your cousin could be a model, you are placing emphasis on the fact that you're sure she's tall and thin enough to do the job. Whatsoever, originally quuat-so-euere, was first used in the thirteenth century, and while it's rare these days, it eventually led to the more modern and extremely popular word whatever. WORD FAMILYwhatsoever USAGE EXAMPLESSo handling Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve should be no problem whatsoever. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) We’re at least partway through a transition from being the species that bumbles through its world‐changing ways with no awareness whatsoever. Slate(Dec 26, 2016) “There’s been no kickback whatsoever that would suggest, ‘We’re Congress. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) adj one or some or every or all without specification no milk whatsoever is left Syn any, whatever some quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity |
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