Forsooth
[fə'suːθ]
解释:
(adv.) an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief.
克莱德编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.
(v. t.) To address respectfully with the term forsooth.
(n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
黛安娜校对
同义词及近义词:
ad. Certainly, truly, really, in truth, in fact, of a truth, in good truth.
巴塞洛缪校对
解释:
adv. in truth: certainly.
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例句:
- I feared to fail, forsooth! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Tell me, forsooth! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- And you reward me after years of devotion by giving me your blessing upon my marriage, forsooth, with this flaunting Irish girl! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- She is always mighty gentle with her young baronet, mighty tender for his feelings, forsooth, and of his very thin-skinned _amour propre_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- You can not treat the syndicalists like cattle because forsooth they have ceased to be cattle. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- What is there in a pair of pink cheeks and blue eyes forsooth? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- He still says our marriage is not legal, because I am not of age, forsooth! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Masters of the wave, forsooth! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Gratitude, forsooth! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- You must keep it forsooth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- That of a nun, forsooth! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Perhaps you may carry it out at some other time, forsooth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Freedom, forsooth. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- A pretty manager of a man's matters YOU are, forsooth. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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