单词 | to be anything the worse |
释义 | > as lemmasto be anything the worse b. Followed by the and a comparative. Now usually in to be anything the worse (for something); chiefly in negative or conditional contexts. Cf. nothing adv. 1c. ΚΠ a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 40/2 Of which..none of vs hath any thing the lesse nede, for the late made attonemente. 1568 H. Billingsley tr. P. M. Vermigli Most Learned Comm. Epist. Romanes i. f. 13v Neyther was that kingdome any thing the better for Plato. 1681 R. Alleine Instr. Heart-work 228 Are you any thing the more in fear of sin? 1759 C. Wheatly Rational Illustr. Bk. Common Prayer (ed. 8) xii. 434 Not that the Dead are any thing the better for the honours which we perform to their corps. 1811 S. Taggart View Evid. of Christianity viii. 278 A man is nothing better if he happens to embrace the truth, nor any thing the worse for a mistake. 1891 O. Wilde in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 293 Each member of the society will share in the general prosperity,..and if a frost comes no one will..be anything the worse. 1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Jan. 260/1 Not one of the men..was anything the worse for the instantaneous decompression. 1990 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 20 676 Was anybody or anything the worse off for such progress? < as lemmas |
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