| 单词 | to mention no name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mention no name(s) c. to mention no name(s): to refrain from indicating anyone in particular (usually understood to imply that the speaker has a specific person or people in mind). ΚΠ 1730 T. Cibber Lover i. i. 9 I was happy to Excess, in the Conversation of a young Woman..and, not to be vain, Ladies; nor indiscreet I hope, as I mention no Names [etc.]. 1758 G. G. Beekman Let. 16 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 323 Captain Falls, Moore, and Miller, etc., Can tell You..who it was that bought at the Publick Coffie from Mr. John VanHorne 125 hhds. and gave 80 per Cask.., for my Part I shall Mention no Names. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. v. 92 Let us mention no names. 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn II. lii. 117 ‘I thought I could learn to love some one else.’ ‘Poor Phineas, for instance.’ ‘We will mention no names.’ 1936 Fortune Oct. 118 Of course, the President mentioned no names when he coined the catch phrase ‘economic royalist’, in his acceptance address last June. 1979 R. Kelly Kill Messenger 195 I mention no names. Cartoon of lovers, families, houses. Why not believe the dream is solid and holds? < as lemmas |
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