英语词汇“all to the good”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) Originally and chiefly in the fuller form all to the good. Generally welcome or advantageous; to be welcomed without qualification.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > generally

to the good1819

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [adverb] > as balance on specific side of account

per contra1554

to the bad1802

to the good1819

1819 W. Parnell Maurice & Berghetta 141 Berrett's work has always supported us, and will keep your house, for she makes lace, and spins admirably, and sleeps little; so that this will be all to the good.

1889 Rep. Royal Comm. Relations Capital & Labor in Canada: Evid. Ontario 3 Q.—Then the increase of wages is all to the good? A.—All to the good.

1920 Sci. Amer. Monthly June 502/1 The tendency of these breaks is anti-snobbish as well as hygienic, and so all to the good.

1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 93 All this was, in our view, to the good.

1962 P. Gregory Like Tigress at Bay v. 49 The fact that you're wealthy and high up in society may attract certain people, and that's all to the good.

1998 D. S. Landes Wealth & Poverty Nations (1999) xxix. 512 Most of this is to the good, although intellectual and material power has often been abused to evil and destructive ends.

2002 Independent 23 Oct. 18/1 An increase in the number of school bursars to take some of the financial strain away from headteachers would be all to the good.

单词	all to the good
释义	> as lemmas all to the good (a) Originally and chiefly in the fuller form all to the good. Generally welcome or advantageous; to be welcomed without qualification. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > generally to the good1819 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [adverb] > as balance on specific side of account per contra1554 to the bad1802 to the good1819 1819 W. Parnell Maurice & Berghetta 141 Berrett's work has always supported us, and will keep your house, for she makes lace, and spins admirably, and sleeps little; so that this will be all to the good. 1889 Rep. Royal Comm. Relations Capital & Labor in Canada: Evid. Ontario 3 Q.—Then the increase of wages is all to the good? A.—All to the good. 1920 Sci. Amer. Monthly June 502/1 The tendency of these breaks is anti-snobbish as well as hygienic, and so all to the good. 1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 93 All this was, in our view, to the good. 1962 P. Gregory Like Tigress at Bay v. 49 The fact that you're wealthy and high up in society may attract certain people, and that's all to the good. 1998 D. S. Landes Wealth & Poverty Nations (1999) xxix. 512 Most of this is to the good, although intellectual and material power has often been abused to evil and destructive ends. 2002 Independent 23 Oct. 18/1 An increase in the number of school bursars to take some of the financial strain away from headteachers would be all to the good. extracted from goodadj.n.adv.int. < as lemmas
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