英语词汇“by a long shot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. colloquial (originally U.S.) by a long shot: by a considerable amount, by far; at all, to any extent. Chiefly used emphatically in negative constructions. Cf. by a long chalk at chalk n. 6b.

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1830 Amateur 4 Sept. 87/1 We are not come to the end of the beach yet, by a long shot!

1848 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 215 Mr. Divver offered a resolution summarily removing the superintendent, and was quickly told..that he was going too fast by a long shot.

1861 M. B. Chesnut Diary 26 Aug. in C. V. Woodward Mary Chesnut's Civil War (1981) viii. 163 ‘They don't pay the soldiers every week.’ ‘Not by a long shot,’ cried a soldier laddie.

1931 W. Lewis Apes of God 17 If those were my last wishes as they are not by a long shot, would they be perfectly clear or not?

1957 W. Saroyan Whole Voyald 17 It wasn't only to have pretty women swarm around that I hustled my first book into print. It wasn't that alone by a long shot.

1990 Daily Herald (Chicago) 14 Sept. vi. 2/6 My favorite miniseries weren't even nominated, but of those that were, ‘Family of Spies’ is the best by a long shot.

2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Dec. a18/3 Our troubles are not over, not by a long shot.

单词	by a long shot
释义	> as lemmas by a long shot b. colloquial (originally U.S.) by a long shot: by a considerable amount, by far; at all, to any extent. Chiefly used emphatically in negative constructions. Cf. by a long chalk at chalk n. 6b. ΚΠ 1830 Amateur 4 Sept. 87/1 We are not come to the end of the beach yet, by a long shot! 1848 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 215 Mr. Divver offered a resolution summarily removing the superintendent, and was quickly told..that he was going too fast by a long shot. 1861 M. B. Chesnut Diary 26 Aug. in C. V. Woodward Mary Chesnut's Civil War (1981) viii. 163 ‘They don't pay the soldiers every week.’ ‘Not by a long shot,’ cried a soldier laddie. 1931 W. Lewis Apes of God 17 If those were my last wishes as they are not by a long shot, would they be perfectly clear or not? 1957 W. Saroyan Whole Voyald 17 It wasn't only to have pretty women swarm around that I hustled my first book into print. It wasn't that alone by a long shot. 1990 Daily Herald (Chicago) 14 Sept. vi. 2/6 My favorite miniseries weren't even nominated, but of those that were, ‘Family of Spies’ is the best by a long shot. 2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Dec. a18/3 Our troubles are not over, not by a long shot. extracted from long shotn.adj. < as lemmas
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