| 单词 | as if i didn't know |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas if I didn't know P20. as if (a person) didn't know: used to imply that a person is feigning ignorance; (hence, esp. in as if I didn't know) used to imply that something is well-known or obvious. ΚΠ 1765 G. Colman tr. Terence Phormio ii. ii, in tr. Terence Comedies 554 Pshaw! I will not tell.—As if you didn't know, You're come to try me. 1844 G. P. R. James Rose D' Albret 112/2 ‘Come, come, now,’ answered Prior, in a tone of jocular reproach; ‘as if I didn't know, Bill.’ 1888 C. Reade Hard Cash (new ed.) 141 ‘Where is the other lantern?’ was Robarts's first word on reaching the deck: as if he didn't know. 1942 College Eng. 4 65 What is this unworthy purpose? you ask, as if you didn't know. 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 250 ‘I have a great-uncle in politics—’ ‘Vilitzer. As if I didn't know.’ 2004 Independent 12 Jan. 31/1 I refer—as if you didn't know—to the big issue of the moment: have Julia Sawalha and Alan Davies married? < as lemmas |
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