| 词汇 | nothing if not |
| 释义 | Idiom nothing if notnothing if not (something) this more than anything else.She is nothing if not ambitious. nothing if not (something)Most characteristically (something); (something) more than any other thing. In this phrase, "not" is always followed by a modifier of some kind that is emphasized as the most prominent attribute. He's nothing if not generous—that's his third donation this week. I am nothing if not patient, but even I have my breaking point. nothing if notAbove all else, as in He was nothing if not discreet. Shakespeare used this idiom in Othello (2:1): "I am nothing if not critical." [c. 1600] |
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