| 单词 | how if…? |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHow if…? d. elliptical (a) With ellipsis of the rest of the question, which, if expressed in full, would reflect the form of a previous statement or question; also as how? see as adv. 7. (b) In ‘ How if…?’ ‘How will (would) it be if…?’ ΚΠ 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 16/1 We shall see sometime how heretikes come to turne the groundes of our faith wholy vpside downe. As how? If any denie that Iesus Christ is God euerlasting, etc. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iii. 29 How if when I am laid into the Tombe, I wake before the time. View more context for this quotation a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) xxxi. 39 But I have yet no meanes to benefit my countrey! As how man? you cannot builde it a schoole, an Exchange, or a Bathe: what's all that to the purpose? a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 30 How if your husband start some other where? View more context for this quotation 1764 S. Foote Lyar i. i. 7 Pap. This disguise procures me many resources... Y. Wild. As how?.. Pap. Why, at a pinch, Sir, I am either a teacher of tongues..or a dancing-master. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 355 Is such an order of things possible, and how, if at all? < as lemmas |
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