| 单词 | to go without saying |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go without saying P5. to go without saying: (with non-personal subject) to be obvious or generally understood; to need no mention or explanation. [Compare French aller sans dire, †s'en aller sans dire (16th cent. in cela s'en va sans dire).] ΚΠ 1834 H. J. Nott Novellettes of Traveller I. 122 ‘Ay,’ said Fernando, ‘that goes without saying.’ 1887 Illinois School Jrnl. June 368 That it has a higher, deeper, broader, and far nobler purpose..goes without my saying. 1897 Literature 27 Nov. 185/2 It goes without saying that the books are not ordinary ones. 1917 W. A. Wood Mod. Business Corporations (ed. 2) viii. 218 It should go without saying that the judge and the judged should not be the same. 1954 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) Foreword 9 That my foremost thanks are due to her goes without saying. 2014 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Apr. (Sport) 7 It went without saying—even before Saturday's game—that at 0-2 the Western Bulldogs needed a win. < as lemmas |
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