单词 | nothing less |
释义 | > as lemmasnothing less PhrasesΠ OE Ælfric 1st Let. to Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr. 190) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 94 Arrianus..sæde, þæt he nære on godcundnysse his fæder gelic, ac wære læssa on mihte. a1350 (c1307) in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 24 God lete him ner be worse man þen is fader, ne lasse of myht. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1925 (MED) I trowe ther be noman lesse Of eny maner worthinesse That halt him lasse worth thanne I To be beloved. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 599 Þe lasse in werke to take more [is] able. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 49 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 30 Paule wes lese of dingnite. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras v. 55 Ye are lesse of stature, then those that were before you. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 15 And hope to ioy is little lesse in ioye, Then hope enioyed. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. iv. 273 + 12 A Grandams name is little lesse in loue, Then is the doting Title of a Mother. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 32 By how much the Regent went every day less in her authority. 1767 C. Smart tr. Horace Epistles i. i, in tr. Horace Wks. (new ed.) IV. 11 Silver is less of price than gold, And gold than virtue, thousand fold. P2. or less: or not more than (the amount just stated), at most. Π a1399 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 7 (MED) Wax, c lb., ij d.; and for 12 lb. or less, 1/4 d..Canefas de Parce, c, ij d.; and 1 dos. or lesse, quart. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 32 As a child of twelue month old or lesse That kan vnnethe any word expresse Right so fare I. 1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 198 Quho remane as it war a moneth or less in one place, for the establishing of the kirk. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 159 Let down this Cover within a Foot or less of the Hops. 1741 Boston Weekly News-let. 17 Sept. 2/1 The Reports that we had of the Number of Americans being reduced to a 1000 or less, is groundless, for we are assured..there are nigh 2400 living. 1844 W. Black Pract. Treat. Brewing (ed. 3) 48 By inserting a damper in the flue..any copper can be made to boil 10 gallons or less. 1986 Marketing Week 29 Aug. 16/3 Its idea of what makes a light beer light is that it contains 100 calories or less in a 12-oz serving. 2003 Successful Farming Apr. 32/2 If you have 160 acres or less of timber. P3. nothing less. (a) With than. Anything rather than, anything other than; far from being. Obsolete.Examples such as quots. ?1520, 1598, and 1827 may be construed as showing nothing as direct object of the verb and less as adverb modifying the verb, rather than a phrasal complement. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something contraryc1386 reversec1405 the contraverse1480 nothing less?1520 contrariety1532 negative1532 oppositive1561 different1571 diameter1579 contrariwise1588 opposition1594 counterpoint1599 oppositea1616 other thing1628 antipodes1641 inverse1645 contra1648 contrast1754 converse1786 contrariant1848 antipole1856 obverse1862 antithetic1863 contradictory1874 antipathy- the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adverb] > not nearly or far from being near1447 nowhere near (also nigh)c1449 nothing less?1520 nothing near1581 nothing nigh1743 nearly1745 ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxxvi. f. xlixv Iugurth sodenly with a great power of men assayled & inuaded the romayns tentes whyle the soudyours..were..at their rest: and suspecting nothing lesse than any suche assaut [L. omnia magis quam proelium]. 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Iviiiv Therfore the before mencioned boke is nothinge lesse then canonical. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. Biv He retorned again into hys countreye, nothynge lesse then lokyd for. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xii. x. 169 The barbarous people know nothing lesse then engines and subtile deuises in besieging and assayling of fortresses. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 8 The Spanish..invincible Navy, sent to invade England, in the yeere 1588, being dispersed, and proving nothing lesse then invincible. 1786 H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson 102 Johnson's own notions about eating however were nothing less than delicate; a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from the bone. 1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon V. iv. 77 Who, trusting to the laws.., expected nothing less than an attack upon their personal freedom. (b) Anything rather than the thing in question. Often used to express denial: far from it. Obsolete. Π 1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. f. clxxxiiiiv She semeth in outwarde apparaunce to loue the brydegrome..where as in dede she doth in her hert nothing lesse [L. nihil minus] but runneth a hooring. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Biii Hee..sayth he would be glad to take payn, for his lyuinge, althoughe he meaneth nothinge lesse. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 34 Bush. Tis nothing but conceit my gratious Lady. Queene. Tis nothing lesse . View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. i. sig. D App. But hast thou rusted this latter time for want of excercise? Mend. Nothing lesse. a1655 R. Robinson Christ All (1656) 158 Pretending themselves to be the companions of Christ, when indeed they are nothing less. 1672 V. Mullineaux tr. J. E. Nieremberg Treat. Temporal & Eternal iii. ix. 319 The goods of the earth, which she sells for true goods, setting them forth as great, secure and lasting, when they are nothing less. Π 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. dv All though the mendicant orders Are nothynge lesse abhominable. 1574 T. Cartwright tr. W. Travers Full Declar. Eccl. Discipline 77 The priestes whose office was nothing lesse honorable then the Bishopes in this behalffe yea had a greater shew off maiesty and honor in certene pointes. 1608 R. Bernard Christian Advert. To Rdr. sig. A5v There remaineth neuerthelesse an other mischiefe, nothing lesse dangerous; which is, Atheisticall securitie. 1688 J. Barnes Hist. Edward III iii. i. 502 It will be more profitable by far, and nothing less Honourable to Conquer them so cheaply, than to hazard so flourishing an Army. c. In the sense ‘nothing that is less’. (a) With than. Used for emphasis: nothing or no one other than, something or someone equal or amounting to. Compare no less n. and pron. 2a. [Compare Middle French, French rien moins (que) (14th cent.).] Π a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 100 But yet me thinkes, my Fathers execution Was nothing lesse then bloody Tyranny. View more context for this quotation 1652 T. Gataker Antinomianism 5 In those words of mine nothing les was intended, then this Autor would..enforce them to speak. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. ii. 205 The Girl is, I think, intoxicated, and nothing less than Ruin will content her... I expect every Day to hear she is run away with him. 1836 C. Fox Jrnl. 23 Sept. (1972) 32 ‘A gentleman’ was announced, who proved to be nothing less than Professor Sedgwick! 1863 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) II. xi. 298 But Elizabeth meant nothing less than to recall Sidney. 1895 Bookman Oct. 22/2 His policy became nothing less than a series of gigantic blunders. 1952 William & Mary Q. 9 444 His choice of words is sometimes nothing less than astounding. 2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 May 6/4 The tragic turn of events on West 53rd Street is nothing less than impending cultural vandalism. (b) No other thing, only that same thing as the thing in question. Π 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. xv. 27 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) The Parlement persists in their first Propositions, and will go nothing less. 1711 J. Spinke Let. Matrimonial Case 11 I must have prov'd Rem in Re, nothing less being sufficient to prove a Woman a Whore. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. iv. 87 Nothing less will suffice here if we are to maintain our position in the van of industrial nations. 1979 J. Lees-Milne Diary 12 Dec. in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 63 How I envy those friends who are unaffected by this disease (for it is nothing less). 2014 Yorks. Post 7 Nov. 12/6 The great and good of Yorkshire should..tell the Government that nothing less will do. P4. much less (also far less, still less): used to characterize a statement or suggestion as still more unacceptable or inapposite than one that has been already denied. ΘΠ the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > [adverb] > statement or suggestion still more unacceptable much less1526 far less1593 lessa1637 still less1791 1526 W. Tyndale Prol. Epist. Rom. sig. bijv He..concludeth that the Iewes can not be Abrahams heyres because of bloud and kynred only, and moche lesse by the workes of the lawe. 1593 J. Napier Plaine Discouery Reuelation St. Iohn To Rdr. sig. A6v I purposed not to haue set out the same suddenly, and far lesse to haue written the same also in English. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 285 Whether the power given were lesse, equall, or greater then S. Peter's nothing is found there at all, much lesse doth the 17. Verse it self speak of power, still lesse doth it expressely belong to it. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 236 The world thou hast not seen, much less her glory. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 332 It had no Power to help it self..much less help them. 1791 W. Cowper Let. 29 Mar. (1982) III. 491 I cannot even see Olney spire,..and still less the vicarage, without experiencing the force of those mementos. 1815 S. C. Thacher Apol. for Rational & Evangelical Christianity 24 There is nothing in the differences..which need to loosen, far less to rupture the bonds of christian charity or christian fellowship between us and our brethren. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxiii. 200 You couldn't do it when your Uncle George was living; much less when he's dead. 1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 631/2 Still less can a country reporter..accurately report lectures on all subjects indiscriminately. He cannot report, because he does not understand. 1919 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 49 55 It was unsafe for an unarmed man, much less a woman, to walk from one village to another. 1960 A. MacLean Night without End viii. 127 They couldn't even have turned over a hot engine, far less one in which the crankcase, transmission, and differential were all but locked solid in lubricating oil. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 June 22/3 All the harder to speak of Anglicanism as the official—still less the established—religion of England. 2013 Time Out N.Y. 11 July 45/2 Filling in the gaps about the who, what and where, much less the why, of it all isn't on the menu. Π 1621 E. Coffin tr. R. F. R. Bellarmino Art of dying Well i. ii. 15 This Charity increasing, the other disorderly appetite will go lesse and lesse [L. minuetur]. 1705 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj.: Pt. III 141 Where the Crime is the same, why should the Disgrace go less? P6. less than no time: (originally humorous) an exceedingly short time.The more extensive expression used in quot. 1761 perhaps implies the prior existence of the phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxviii. 186 A tale out of Slawkenbergius to translate, and all this in five minutes less, than no time at all.] 1788 Minor (London ed.) I. ix. 56 I have digested plans which will wade them through the sciences in less than no time, as the saying goes. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 159 Trust me for sinking, burning, and destroying him in less than no time. 1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 246 He came down, in less than no time, squash on his nose, and broke it. 1932 Irish Monthly Aug. 481 Urban..had no tact, and in less than no time had alienated every one of his supporters. 2013 Dorset Echo (Nexis) 23 Dec. But fear not. There are seasonal treats that can be whipped up in less than no time. P7. less is more: used to express the view that simplicity, brevity, or restraint is more effective than complexity and copiousness, esp. with regard to aesthetic impressions in art, architecture, etc. Also attributive or as adj.The phrase is often associated with the German Modernist architect L. Mies van der Rohe (see quot. 1947), rendering his use of the equivalent German phrase weniger ist mehr. Π 1855 R. Browning Andrea del Sarto in Men & Women II. 5 Well, less is more, Lucrezia! I am judged. 1947 P. C. Johnson Mies van der Rohe 49 As in architecture, he has always been guided by his personal motto, ‘less is more’. 1975 Yuma (Arizona) Daily Sun 29 Aug. 5/1 For persons holding high public office, living in style no longer is stylish... California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. is the foremost exponent of the new, less-is-more political lifestyle. 1995 K. Laughlin Overcome Neck & Back Pain (1998) iii. 149 The old adage ‘less is more’ may be correct, as far as weight training is concerned, provided there is genuine maximum intensity in the effort. 2002 Times 11 Nov. (Game section) 5/3 So far, Sven has used the quasi Italian-Scandinavian accent to his benefit, taking the less is more approach when it comes to vocabulary. 2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 3 Jan. 11 Try mixing your foundation with some moisturiser to help it stop caking... Less is more. P8. less than ——: (followed by a qualitative adjective) not sufficiently ——, not at all ——. Π 1929 Outlook & Independent 14 Aug. 615/1 Anything less would be less than satisfactory. 1954 J. R. Powers & M. S. Miller Secrets of Charm 179 With a less than perfect figure, can you appear in a swim suit? 1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day ii. 252 He ventured to tell her that the food she served was less than appetizing. 1990 Today's Parent Feb. 37/3 A less than ideal way for an animal to start life in a new home. 2008 N.Y. Mag. 12 May 38/2 When he first saw the space, he was less than enthusiastic. < as lemmas |
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