单词 | at all hazards |
释义 | > as lemmasat (also †on) all hazards P12. at (also †on) all hazards, at every hazard: whatever the risk, under any circumstances. ΚΠ 1638 R. Baillie Let. 27 Feb. (1841) I. 39 He would have the Booke through, on all hazards, and would never have a letter of it altered. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) vi. 434 He avouched to have his life at all hazards. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World x. 296 It was resolved upon, on all hazards, to go. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. v. 154 He determined to relieve it at every hazard. 1896 Argosy Jan. 338/2 At all hazards, however, he must keep his discovery from the knowledge of his captors. 1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Mar. 136/2 It is the second charter of emancipation which ought now to be secured at every hazard. 2014 W. T. Vollmann Last Stories 301 Wishing at all hazards to avoid glimpsing his former sweetheart's beautiful, treacherous face. < as lemmas |
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