| 单词 | in a sort of way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a sort of (sorta) way d. in a sort of (sorta) way, imperfectly; not exactly, absolutely, or properly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > closeness to accuracy > [adverb] much1560 nearly1594 muchwhat1619 nigh about1632 closely1682 roughly1768 close1833 approximatively1835 proximately1839 in the rough1841 approximately1845 along1852 nearbouta1857 in a sort of (sorta) way1868 in the (right) ballpark1945 grosso modo1952 1868 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (Brit. Libr. pre-publ. copy) I. 34 The impossibility of a man knowing in a sort of way that which he does not know at all. 1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved i. viii. 66 ‘I advised you to go back, Marcie.’ ‘In a sort of way: not in the right tone.’ 1967 E. Radford & M. A. Radford No Reason for Murder xvii. 115 ‘He ain't a'goin’ to come to life agin, guv'nor.’.. ‘I dunno... Mebbe he might—in a sorta way.’ in a (sort of, kind of) way (d) colloquial. in a (sort of, kind of) way: (used to limit or reduce the strength of an assertion) to a certain extent, but not altogether or completely. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] conditionlyc1380 conditionally1483 qualifiedly1598 sub modo1600 contingently1657 subject1722 eventually1746 in a sort of way1802 qualifyingly1829 1802 G. V. Sampson Statist. Surv. Londonderry iii. 208 They [sc. cattle] are cast at ten years old, and fatted, in a kind of way, with helps of shorn grass from bottoms and drains, or sent to a park. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. vi. 69 If another's milk is in your child's veins, he seems, in a sort of way, as much her bairn as your own. 1851 Proc. Zool. Soc. 19 143 The Ring Sparrow here takes the place, in a way, of our House Sparrow. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate iii He is handsome in a way—not elegant and soigné like Captain Grey, but there is something about him [etc.]. 1908 H. M. Alden Mag. Writing & New Lit. 294 This kind of work seems, in a way, almost dateless. 1979 P. Larkin Let. 18 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 604 Not that it wouldn't be ‘fun to do’, in a sort of way. 1993 T. Parker May Lord in His Mercy be Kind to Belfast (1994) vi. 79 In a kind of way I feel I owe it to her to keep myself calm. 2008 Review (Rio Tinto) Dec. 27/3 In a way it could be described as a Boy's Own adventure. < as lemmas |
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