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单词 pro or con
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pro or con
2. pro or con: on either side, for or against.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb]
pro et con1566
con and pro1572
pro and con1572
pro or con1595
to and again1656
1595 tr. G. de S. Du Bartas First Day of Worldes Creation 29 Me listeth not to argue pro or con [Fr. combattre..pour une opinion].
1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 25 I will not determine pro or con, that [etc.].
1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal iii. 178 Who for the reputation of their Schools, Will upon any subject frame debate,..And argue pro, or con, on what you will.
1741–2 S. Richardson Pamela IV. 269 I will not say one Word pro or con. till I know your Mind.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxxiii. 119 He had managed the point so well that there was not..a single syllable in it, pro or con, directly or indirectly, upon the contention betwixt these two powers in any part of the animal œconomy.
1819 Ld. Byron Let. 25 Jan. (1976) VI. 95 The rest..has never yet affected any human production ‘pro or con’.
1838 J. F. Cooper Home as Found II. ix. 136 What act of mine has declared pro or con in this important affair.
1919 J. L. Lowes Convent. & Revolt in Poetry vi. 254 Contemporary judgments, pro or con, are notorious even among time's laughing-stocks.
1976 Sci. Amer. Oct. 7/1 The only relevant consideration is the evidence pro or con.
1990 P. Taylor See how they Run ii. 27 Sometimes I worry that my squeamishness about making sharp judgments, pro or con, makes me unfit for the slam-bang world of daily journalism.
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