英语词汇“to be neither use nor ornament”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to be neither use nor ornament

P20. Originally and chiefly British. to be neither use nor ornament and variants: to serve no purpose; to be useless or ineffectual.

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1713 J. Barker Love Intrigues 53 Learning being neither of Use nor Ornament in our Sex.

1869 J. Vickers Tinker Æsop i. 1 Colonel Armstrong was of opinion, that visionary impractical political writers, like Mill and Carlyle, were of neither use nor ornament to the country.

1929 Great Southern Leader (Narrogin, Austral.) 21 June A slow and jibbing horse on a farm is like an idle pound in the bank—neither use nor ornament.

2005 C. Newbrook Ducks in Row 172 He's left for ‘personal reasons’. Just as well. He was neither use nor ornament.

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单词	to be neither use nor ornament
释义	> as lemmas to be neither use nor ornament P20. Originally and chiefly British. to be neither use nor ornament and variants: to serve no purpose; to be useless or ineffectual. ΚΠ 1713 J. Barker Love Intrigues 53 Learning being neither of Use nor Ornament in our Sex. 1869 J. Vickers Tinker Æsop i. 1 Colonel Armstrong was of opinion, that visionary impractical political writers, like Mill and Carlyle, were of neither use nor ornament to the country. 1929 Great Southern Leader (Narrogin, Austral.) 21 June A slow and jibbing horse on a farm is like an idle pound in the bank—neither use nor ornament. 2005 C. Newbrook Ducks in Row 172 He's left for ‘personal reasons’. Just as well. He was neither use nor ornament. extracted from usen. < as lemmas
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