| 单词 | can-have |
| 释义 | > as lemmascan-have C1. Compounds with the base form of a verb, forming nouns denoting persons who can perform an action, as can-have, can-pay, etc. Earliest in can-do n. 2. ΚΠ 1842 J. Aiton Clerical Econ. iv. 204 Let me have a first-rate goer, a good ‘can do’,—not that I mean in general to ride fast. 1905 Census of Philippine Islands 1903 II. 83 As a rule the ‘can reads’ ranged from twice to three times the ‘can writes’. 1930 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 25 117 The problem of census taking when it touches unemployment must differentiate between the ‘will works’ and the ‘won't works’; between the ‘can works’ and the ‘can't works.’ 1989 T. A. Sullivan et al. As we forgive our Debtors (1999) 238 The simple economic model promises a way to sort debtors who can pay from those who cannot, encouraging the can-pays to select..repayment. 2006 G. Ruiters in M. J. Murray & G. A. Myers Cities in Contemp. Afr. (2007) iii. xiii. 296 Harsher cost recovery and disconnections would be reserved only for the can-pays. < as lemmas |
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