英语词汇“nineteen in twenty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. nineteen in (also of, out of) twenty: the great majority.

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1696 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: 3rd Pt. Pref. sig. a^v Offending in that nature is much against my design of pleasing; and I have through Nineteen of the Twenty Plays I have writ, always studied to shun it as much as I can.]

1730 G. Odingsells Bays's Opera ii. i. 26 While Cuckoldom's plenty, And nineteen in twenty Esteem it a blessed Presage.

a1779 D. Garrick Poet. Wks. (1785) II. xciv. 322 Prologues now, as blackberries are plenty, And like them maukish too, nineteen in twenty.

1796 G. Colman Iron Chest ii. iii. 56 Nineteen in twenty might question my prudence for this.

1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. II. 445 And now God bless once more good Mister Pitt, Who for invention beats nineteen in twenty.

1851 Internat. Mag. Lit. 1 Jan. 161 Nineteen of every twenty who have attempted such compositions have failed entirely.

1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 359 The Indian tribes of the vicnity had been almost exterminated..by a cruel epidemic, which had destroyed nineteen in twenty of the savages.

1904 W. S. Gilbert Engaged in Original Plays i. 50 I am a much better girl than nineteen out of twenty in these parts.

单词	nineteen in twenty
释义	> as lemmas nineteen in (also of, out of) twenty 5. nineteen in (also of, out of) twenty: the great majority. ΚΠ 1696 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: 3rd Pt. Pref. sig. a^v Offending in that nature is much against my design of pleasing; and I have through Nineteen of the Twenty Plays I have writ, always studied to shun it as much as I can.] 1730 G. Odingsells Bays's Opera ii. i. 26 While Cuckoldom's plenty, And nineteen in twenty Esteem it a blessed Presage. a1779 D. Garrick Poet. Wks. (1785) II. xciv. 322 Prologues now, as blackberries are plenty, And like them maukish too, nineteen in twenty. 1796 G. Colman Iron Chest ii. iii. 56 Nineteen in twenty might question my prudence for this. 1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. II. 445 And now God bless once more good Mister Pitt, Who for invention beats nineteen in twenty. 1851 Internat. Mag. Lit. 1 Jan. 161 Nineteen of every twenty who have attempted such compositions have failed entirely. 1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 359 The Indian tribes of the vicnity had been almost exterminated..by a cruel epidemic, which had destroyed nineteen in twenty of the savages. 1904 W. S. Gilbert Engaged in Original Plays i. 50 I am a much better girl than nineteen out of twenty in these parts. extracted from nineteenadj.n. < as lemmas
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