| 单词 | as far as it goes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas (also so) far as it goes (a) as (also so) far as it goes and variants: (used to qualify the applicability of a statement, or to suggest the limited nature of something) to a particular extent or limit; within the limit of what is referred to. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > to a limited extent as (also so) far as it goes1533 a kind of?1565 not to say1590 in his (also her, etc.) way1700 for what it's worth1830 kinda1834 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere viii. p. cccclxxxii. The tokens bothe twayne were sure & perfayt for so farre as they go. 1640 D. Featley et al. Θρηνοικος (new ed.) 520 The thing be good as farre as it goes. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 60 This Definition tho it be true as far as it goes, yet..it runs in such general Terms, that a Man is little the wiser for it. 1737 T. Morgan Moral Philosopher 218 Your Account of Calvinism is very just so far as it goes. 1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 8 The resemblance is, indeed, real, as far as it goes. 1820 Examiner No. 651. 632/1 He has a real notion of pleasantry, as far as mere pleasantry goes. 1885 Law Times 79 130/1 The poor law system..is, so far as it goes, Socialism pure and simple. 1905 L. Woolf Let. 27 Jan. (1990) 76 The people are, as a rule, the men at any rate, as far as their bodies go, extraordinarily beautiful. 1970 G. S. Kirk Myth (1975) iii. 84 The debate between them, so far as it went, was fruitful. 2001 B. Broady In this Block there lives Slag 138 Even the Bradford dives of my youth had been choosier, at least so far as dress codes went. 2006 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 4 Dec. a6 Hamilton's story was good as far as it went, but it didn't go far enough. < as lemmas |
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