英语词汇“nine times out of ten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten: the great majority of times, etc.; (in) almost all cases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part

for the more party1372

for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387

for the more partc1405

for (the) most partc1405

much dealc1425

in substancea1450

for the mostc1531

in (also for) the generality1580

for the general1581

in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591

largely1594

principally1600

in chiefa1616

mainly1640

nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648

greatly1742

as a rule1828

1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade 16 In my Lord Cooks opinion nine parts of ten of all our English Staple Commodities, are such as we sheere from the Sheeps back.

1697 M. Pix Innocent Mistress sig. A4 For I dare say, of what most pleas'd our Guests, Nine parts in Ten were still sheer Bawdy Jests.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxvii. 166 I have a multitude of faults myself..or I should despise nine parts of the world out of ten.

1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes p. xxii The Ramblers of Mr. J——n..are actually thought to be so by nine readers of ten in the nation.

1776 H. Cowley Runaway II. 27 So plain, that nine times out of ten, at least, mistakes must be wilful.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 49 They..nine times out of ten flogged me for nothing.

1839 T. Hood Run-over in Hood's Own 300 It would have been a quietus for nine men out of ten.

1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 43 In nine cases out of ten you will not find your confidence misplaced.

1903 S. Butler Way of All Flesh 110 His children are the most defenceless things he can reach, and it is on them in nine cases out of ten that he will relieve his mind.

1927 Daily Express 19 Oct. 3/4 Nine times out of ten the carded distance is wrong.

1987 M. Kochanski Northern Bushcraft (1988) XII. 277 When humans contract the disease, nine times out of ten, it is from an infected rabbit or hare.

2001 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. In nine cases out of 10, an accident in this country has little to do with an unexpected happening.

单词	nine times out of ten
释义	> as lemmas nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten d. nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten: the great majority of times, etc.; (in) almost all cases. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part for the more party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 for the more partc1405 for (the) most partc1405 much dealc1425 in substancea1450 for the mostc1531 in (also for) the generality1580 for the general1581 in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591 largely1594 principally1600 in chiefa1616 mainly1640 nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648 greatly1742 as a rule1828 1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade 16 In my Lord Cooks opinion nine parts of ten of all our English Staple Commodities, are such as we sheere from the Sheeps back. 1697 M. Pix Innocent Mistress sig. A4 For I dare say, of what most pleas'd our Guests, Nine parts in Ten were still sheer Bawdy Jests. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxvii. 166 I have a multitude of faults myself..or I should despise nine parts of the world out of ten. 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes p. xxii The Ramblers of Mr. J——n..are actually thought to be so by nine readers of ten in the nation. 1776 H. Cowley Runaway II. 27 So plain, that nine times out of ten, at least, mistakes must be wilful. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 49 They..nine times out of ten flogged me for nothing. 1839 T. Hood Run-over in Hood's Own 300 It would have been a quietus for nine men out of ten. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 43 In nine cases out of ten you will not find your confidence misplaced. 1903 S. Butler Way of All Flesh 110 His children are the most defenceless things he can reach, and it is on them in nine cases out of ten that he will relieve his mind. 1927 Daily Express 19 Oct. 3/4 Nine times out of ten the carded distance is wrong. 1987 M. Kochanski Northern Bushcraft (1988) XII. 277 When humans contract the disease, nine times out of ten, it is from an infected rabbit or hare. 2001 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. In nine cases out of 10, an accident in this country has little to do with an unexpected happening. extracted from nineadj.n. < as lemmas
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