单词 | to be to do with |
释义 | > as lemmasto be to do with (b) Chiefly British. to be to do with: to be connected with, to be related to; to be of concern to. Cf. to have to do with (also †mid, †of, †on) at Phrases 1b(a). extracted from dov. (i) With pronominal complement (what, anything, etc.) of be. ΚΠ 1906 Minutes of Evid. Royal Comm. Worcester Election 153/2 I have given it to him gratuitously, never thinking that it was anything to do with the Election whatever. 1929 P. Gibbs Hidden City xxxix. 189 It's something to do with that poisonous little beast Benito..the boy she dances with. 1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surveys (1987) ii. 360 He was full of grouses that it was nothing to do with him. 1959 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 6/2 Association with the America of that period might involve her unnecessarily in troubles which were little to do with Asia. 2010 J. Powell Breaking of Eggs (2011) ii. 19 I came to realise that for Benoît it was all to do with money. (ii) Without complement. ΚΠ 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica xvi. 324 It's to do with adolescence. 1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary ii. xii. 258 There are certain rules that have to be observed. One of the most striking is to do with what the German Korps Student would call ‘fixing’. 1957 Life 18 Mar. 79/1 I suppose it's to do with the trip. 1990 New Scientist 21 July 31/2 The reason for the success of these ‘notebook’ computers is more to do with size than portability. 2005 E. Morrison Last Bk. you Read 55 The first time I was depressed, it was to do with drugs they said. < as lemmas |
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