| 单词 | to the best of a person's knowledge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the best of a person's knowledge b. to the best of a person's knowledge: as far as a person is aware, for all that a person knows to the contrary. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > know [phrase] > according to one's knowledge to a person's knowledgec1500 for all (that) —— knowsa1616 to the best of a person's knowledge1768 in the light of1870 1768 I. Bickerstaff Absent Man ii. xiii. 34 You'll permit me to say, that, to the best of my knowledge, I am no more married to your daughter than I am to the empress of Russia. 1799 H. Neuman tr. F.-A.-F. de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Trav. through United States N. Amer. I. 237 To the best of my knowledge, none of these free grants include a transfer of the right of property. 1842 Missionary Reg. Apr. 186/2 To the best of Mr. Caldwell's knowledge, not one Baptized Native has fallen away. 1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman v. 47 Only Miss Cavendish and myself, to the best of my knowledge, are aware of your real profession. 2004 S. Taylor A to X Alternative Music 119/1 Their favourite band is Talk Talk, who, to the best of this writer's knowledge, never played The Grand Ole Opry. < as lemmas |
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