单词 | any good |
释义 | > as lemmasany good P5. any good: (in predicative use, chiefly in negative, interrogative, and conditional contexts) at all good (in various senses); of any ability, competence, quality, utility, or value. [Perhaps originally after no good.] ΚΠ 1866 Good Words Jan. 2/2 The blacksmith’s house, you know, was burned down, and his kind of a register-—if it was any good, and I am sure I don’t know if it was any good—and then that woman died. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 138/1 And when I buy a goose unplucked, if his quills are any good, his legs won't carve, and his gizzard is full of gravel-stones! 1901 Punch 31 July 88/2 Oh, chuck it! I never was any good at arithmetic! 1914 C. E. A. Philipps Let. 13 Nov. in L. Housman War Lett. Fallen Englishmen (2002) 213 Nothing can shift our squadron unless a Black Maria happens to do us in, as no trench is any good against them. 1985 Guardian 15 July 1/8 Are work shadow schemes any good? 2014 S. Dharmapala Saree (2015) 28 You must practise designing to be any good at it. < as lemmas |
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