| 单词 | give or take |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgive or take e. give or take: to subtract or add (a period of time, a quantity, a sum of money, etc.): an indication that the estimate is to be considered as approximate. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] plus minus1611 or soa1616 a matter of1645 there or (and) thereaboutsa1696 the matter of1829 somewhere about1846 in the neighbourhood of1847 in the region of1865 of the order of1903 give or take1958 not unadjacent to1966 1958 ‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 11 Estimate Lakenheath twelve thirty hours. Give or take a few minutes. 1960 ‘R. Simons’ Frame for Murder v. 59 The account..[has] stayed more or less the same, give or take a few pounds. 1962 N. Freeling Love in Amsterdam i. 15 ‘What time would that have been..?’ ‘Don't know; about a quarter to ten maybe, give or take. Who's dead?’ he joked. 1967 M. Waddell Otley Pursued xii. 109 It was 6.42 by my Petticoat Lane watch, give or take ten minutes or so. < as lemmas |
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