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单词 suffice it to say
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suffice it to say
b. Const. infinitive or clause with, or (formerly) without, anticipatory subject it. Now chiefly in the subjunctive, suffice it, sometimes short for suffice it to say.
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1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 14 To studie upon the worldes lore Sufficeth now withoute more.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 6864 Than suffysede, stedefastly To loue god, our creatour.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. iiii*v If the childe be weake, it shall suffice to powre water vpon it.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) ii. xxxiv. 153 For to be a good captayne, sufficeth only to be hardy, and fortunate.
1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 25 It suffices to say, That Xantippus becoming the manager of affairs, altered extreamly the Carthaginian Army.
1779 Mirror No. 8 Suffice it to say, that my parting with the Dervise was very tender.
1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner x. 100 Suffice it to say that there are many such reasons.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 178 Hit suffichyth that..we fyndyth y-writte, that oone forcible kynge of grete Pouer, assiget the Cite of Rome.1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Administr. Lordes Supper sig. O.i It shall suffyse that the bread be suche, as is vsuall to bee eaten.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 Sufficeth yt also That Troians misery dyd I liue too testifye mourneful.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. V2v Suffise, that I haue done my dew in place.a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. 71 Let it suffise, That my slacke muse sings of Leanders eies.a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 246 If thou ask me why, Sufficeth my reasons are both good and waighty. View more context for this quotation1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 71 Angells cannot tell, suffice, Thy selfe shalt feel thine owne full joyes.1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 63 Suffices that to me strength is my bane. View more context for this quotationa1764 R. Lloyd New-river Head in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 68 Suffice it, that my goody's care Brought forth her best, tho' simple fare.1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. iii. 4 Suffice it, that perchance they were of fame.1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond vii I have passed over a great deal of the religious part of Mr. Brough's behaviour: suffice it, that religion was always on his lips.
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