英语词汇“not to have the remotest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

8. Slight, faint. In later use frequently (colloquial) in not to have the remotest: not to have the slightest idea, chance, etc.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight

brief1432

ride?a1500

nice1561

remote1625

slim1671

faint1726

slightish1761

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > be ignorant [phrase] > know nothing

to say (also know) neither buff nor stye?a1750

to know little (or nothing) and care less1783

not to know beans1833

not to have the remotest1864

(not) to know from nothing1933

not to know shit from Shinolaa1948

1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe i. vii. 59 Whiles the delight or solace which men take in sensuall pleasures exceeds..all sense or feeling of any spirituall ioy: they cannot but wish to exchange their remote hopes of the one, for quiet fruition of the other.

a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) ii. vii. 374 Other things may be said to have some remote resemblance to the Deity; but man only amongst the visible creatures, is capable of those more immediate communications from him, by Religion.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ¶5 Every thing that had the most remote Appearance of being obscene.

1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. ii. vi. 102 He was too sanguine in his opinion to give it up, while there was the remotest possibility on his side.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 225 One of the standing figures has no remote resemblance to some of the effigies of Erasmus.

1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 228 What I have done to deserve all that love I haven't the remotest conception.

1875 Appleton's Jrnl. 7 Aug. 163/3 ‘Don't you know who your unknown Nora is?’ asked Mamie... ‘I haven't the remotest idea,’ he said, carelessly.

1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club xvii. 205 ‘Was the quantity marked on the bottle?’ ‘I haven't the remotest. You'd better ask her.’

1956 K. M. Bell Some Useful Hints Pract. Surv. 9 If the instrument has been set up correctly and is in proper adjustment, the chances of any errors being made are extremely remote.

1969 E. Stewart Heads (1970) 94 ‘Why do you think he was trailing Father Fields?’ ‘I haven't the remotest,’ Greg said.

2002 Daily Mirror 31 May 25/3 Insiders say the show will sink even the remotest hope he might have had of being accepted back into polite society.

单词	not to have the remotest
释义	> as lemmas not to have the remotest 8. Slight, faint. In later use frequently (colloquial) in not to have the remotest: not to have the slightest idea, chance, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight brief1432 ride?a1500 nice1561 remote1625 slim1671 faint1726 slightish1761 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > be ignorant [phrase] > know nothing to say (also know) neither buff nor stye?a1750 to know little (or nothing) and care less1783 not to know beans1833 not to have the remotest1864 (not) to know from nothing1933 not to know shit from Shinolaa1948 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe i. vii. 59 Whiles the delight or solace which men take in sensuall pleasures exceeds..all sense or feeling of any spirituall ioy: they cannot but wish to exchange their remote hopes of the one, for quiet fruition of the other. a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) ii. vii. 374 Other things may be said to have some remote resemblance to the Deity; but man only amongst the visible creatures, is capable of those more immediate communications from him, by Religion. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ¶5 Every thing that had the most remote Appearance of being obscene. 1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. ii. vi. 102 He was too sanguine in his opinion to give it up, while there was the remotest possibility on his side. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 225 One of the standing figures has no remote resemblance to some of the effigies of Erasmus. 1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 228 What I have done to deserve all that love I haven't the remotest conception. 1875 Appleton's Jrnl. 7 Aug. 163/3 ‘Don't you know who your unknown Nora is?’ asked Mamie... ‘I haven't the remotest idea,’ he said, carelessly. 1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club xvii. 205 ‘Was the quantity marked on the bottle?’ ‘I haven't the remotest. You'd better ask her.’ 1956 K. M. Bell Some Useful Hints Pract. Surv. 9 If the instrument has been set up correctly and is in proper adjustment, the chances of any errors being made are extremely remote. 1969 E. Stewart Heads (1970) 94 ‘Why do you think he was trailing Father Fields?’ ‘I haven't the remotest,’ Greg said. 2002 Daily Mirror 31 May 25/3 Insiders say the show will sink even the remotest hope he might have had of being accepted back into polite society. extracted from remoteadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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