单词 | as the case may be |
释义 | > as lemmasas the case may be P10. as the case may be: (when referring to two or more alternatives) according to the circumstances. ΚΠ 1643 H. Palmer Necessity of Venturing for Churches Help 49 Yet even the former..my Office would not onely bear me out in, but even require of me, as the Case may be. 1777 J. Adams Let. 6 Dec. in Wks. (1854) IX. 470 An act is necessary for allowing a depreciation or an appreciation, as the case may be, upon specialities. 1822 J. Blunt Merchant's & Shipmaster's Assistant xv. 143 The one moiety to be paid to the owner of the goods, or the United States, as the case may be. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects ii. 38 It passes into the pupal by a moult, all other moults taking place during the life of the larva or the nymph, as the case may be. 2001 Heat 27 Oct. 120/3 This is your last chance to make sure that November is a month worth getting out of bed for (or staying in it with someone, as the case may be). < as lemmas |
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