| 单词 | nothing of the kind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnothing of the kind (a) nothing of the kind: nothing that is equivalent or similar to what has been mentioned or described. Also anything of the kind (in negative contexts). Frequently used to express emphatic denial. ΚΠ 1700 F. Atterbury Rights Eng. Convocation 454 It not being touch'd on, or so much as hinted there, we might without further Authority conclude that nothing of the kind was done. 1798 T. Dutton tr. F. Nicolai Life & Opinions Sebaldus Nothanker II. i. 21 No..the Bible says nothing of the kind—and, let me tell you, if it did, I should not acknowledge it for God's word. 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xiv. 111 There was never anything of the kind before. 1908 App. Jrnl. Senate 77th Gen. Assembly Ohio ii. 575 Q. You say if in August, 1905, you bought oats from the Union Grain and Hay Company that your books will show that purchase? A. I didn't say anything of the kind. I couldn't tell you about that. 1961 New Scientist 7 Dec. 634/1 Nothing of the kind can be said in support of one of the most recent and most obnoxious of class distinctions. 1998 Contemp. Theatre Rev. 7 iv. 93 Then I understood that what I had thought was brilliant, wasn't anything of the kind. 2004 Isis 95 459/2 I said nothing of the kind. < as lemmas |
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