| 单词 | to take by and large |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (something) by and large to take (something) by and large: to take or regard in a general aspect, without entering into details. Also in later use without take; = on the whole. ΚΠ 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 106 Take this same plain blunt Sea-Animal, by and large,..and you'll find him of more intrinsick Value. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 283 Take it by and large..and she is the beater of all. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad v. 47 Taking it ‘by and large’, as the sailors say, we had a pleasant..run. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking viii. 248 Taking it by and large—Australia seemed to him a pretty good egg. < as lemmas |
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