| 词汇 | with-the-best-will-in-the-world |
| 释义 | with the best will in the worldidiomUK used to mean "I would like to if I possibly could", in a situation where you cannot do something: （用于表示无法做某事）尽管我真心愿意 With the best will in the world, I can't employ him in the shop unless I can trust him.除非我能信任他，否则不管我多想，我都不能雇他到店里工作。 Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast after again albeit at any rateidiom at leastidiom best disjunctive given however in the face of somethingidiom in the teeth of somethingidiom mind nonetheless on one level...on another levelidiom slice spite then againidiom though tooth when Examples of with the best will in the worldwith the best will in the world Withthebestwillintheworld, the central bankers could not muster the confidence for co-operation. Withthebestwillintheworld (and all too often we cannot rely on this), people are not good at imagining themselves in somebody else's shoes. Withthebestwillintheworld, one cannot expect a village policeman to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The work is being pressed forward but, withthebestwillintheworld, it will be many months before it can be completed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, we cannot prevent occasional failures of this kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, how do you do it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, it was found difficult to give effect to the instruction because of the problem of deciding age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, subsidence cannot be entirely eliminated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, they cannot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, it is not possible to call everyone who wishes to speak. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, the auditors were largely unable to obtain the evidence that would have allowed them to take matters further. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But withthebestwillintheworld, one must pay one's creditors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, that cannot be classified as detailed or even detailed scrutiny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Withthebestwillintheworld, in that environment there is not the intimate relationship of parent and child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all prize the hard work of our constituency staff, but withthebestwillintheworld they can make mistakes under pressure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of with the best will in the world These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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