单词 | both ways |
释义 | > as lemmasboth ways P4. both ways: in both respects. Formerly also †both the ways (obsolete).to cut both ways see cut v. 2b; to have it both ways see way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 1b(f); to work both ways see work v. Phrases 9. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kiiv Bothe the wayes suche desyres be vnlawfull. 1532 in Gower's Confessione Amantis To Rdr. sig. aa.iij/1 For as moche as it may serue both weyes. 1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre ii. 114 Shew not your selues both wayes inferiour to your Ancestors. 1636 D. Calderwood Re-exam. Two Articles 173 The seventh day may bee considered both the wayes. 1711 Curate of Dorset's Answer to Curate of Salop's Expos. 16 A Monarch can govern his Kingdom democratically, a Common-wealth Monarchically, and an Aristocracy both ways. 1791 W. Taylor tr. G. E. Lessing Nathan the Wise (1805) v. 252 I'am a crazy looby, a credulous enthusiast—both ways mad. 1842 A. W. Pugin Let. 28 Apr. (2001) I. 343 After weighing the advantages both ways I decided on the Triple roofs. 1868 Railway Times 28 Mar. 351/1 They would gain both ways, both by developing traffic and saving expense. 1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three xvi. 229 We was right—both ways. 1971 T. Shanin in P. Worsley Two Blades Grass ix. 269 In a ‘horizontal’ cooperative of the Soviet type a peasant was bound to lose both ways. 2008 K. H. Pechter Annuities for Dummies x. 136 With an ALDA [= Advanced Life Deferred Annuity], you win both ways. You live longer and you get the money. < as lemmas |
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