| 单词 | matter-of-course |
| 例句 | Instead of being transfixed, Herbert replied in an easy matter-of-course way, “Exactly. Well?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “And therefore the disarmament of the murderers’ Belgorod-Voronezh warehouses is an absolutely matter-of-course, natural process. Mystery fires at sensitive facilities compound Russia’s war challenge 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z With such friends we drop at once into a matter-of-course intimacy and communion. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The point of all which connections, however, is that they somehow managed to make in the parental view no straight links for us with the matter-of-course of college. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Her husband's approval was a matter-of-course; it was like the roses he gave her every day—like the kiss, the embrace, the loving devotion that had each grown accepted synonyms of Herbert himself. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z As with Love, so with Fatherhood, we take it as matter-of-course that this sprang and has evolved to present developments directly out of natural instinct. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z So I fear he thought me rather ungrateful and matter-of-course, for he couldn't know that I was feeling an excess of emotion which kept me silent. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The important part played by furs of all kinds, and the matter-of-course mention of dirt and vermin, are among the first things that strike us in medieval literature. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Pauline's matter-of-course complacency had a distinct chill under its superficial warmth. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z They accepted it, now, with a matter-of-course placidity. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Now all but biologists, perhaps, take it as matter-of-course that Love had its origin in Sex. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Years after the killing of grouse on the wing has become a matter-of-course occurrence in his days of upland shooting, the memory of this stands clearest and best. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Many of these entries you will never refer to again; the very act of writing them down will so impress them on your memory that they become a matter-of-course to you. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z They try to smuggle it into operation wrapped in a mass of matter-of-course performances. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z The introduction promptly followed, and Josie's glib, matter-of-course explanation soon succeeded that. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Women have come to take their chivalrous protection by law as mere matter-of-course, precisely as they take it as matter-of-course that men should labour, and should endow them with the benefits of their industry. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Birds, and beasts, and fish were completely within their power; and there was a kind of matter-of-course success with them in their capture that was absolutely provoking to a civilized hunter. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z In a matter-of-course way Bel offered a hand, and Lucinda touched it mechanically. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z She was proud of the matter-of-course manner of the remark. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z So far as outsiders can see, legislation generally flows placidly on, and the majority easily has its own way, acting with a sort of matter-of-course unanimity, with no suspicion of individual freedom of action. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z These things are by no means matter-of-course, however, but are matter of chivalry—chivalry so innate as to have become convention. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z It seemed natural and matter-of-course for her to read my thoughts. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z And I may not demand a grande dame's matter-of-course reserve of one who two or three weeks ago was serving behind a counter. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z They tell them in such a matter-of-course fashion, too, that they simply sink in. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War It is their business to lead those parties, and it is the matter-of-course custom of the constituencies to visit upon the parties the punishment due for the mistakes made by these chiefs. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z "They are Hans's Wellingtons," replied Meta, in a matter-of-course tone, which crushed her afresh. The Undying Past It had an unpremeditated matter-of-course quality that made it difficult to remain offended. The Spy in Black It was as if he were mentioning some important but altogether matter-of-course part of a cowboy's daily business. The Red Mustang Like all instinctively noble and devoted characters, she appeared utterly unconscious of the delicacy and generosity of her conduct, all she said and did seeming to her as the most simple and matter-of-course thing possible. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 This is the matter-of-course privilege of every other master; and if Congress does not possess it, its mastery is hampered without being denied. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z It is the most momentous of all questions; and our Lord positively refuses to take a superficial, careless, matter-of-course answer. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II He was a singularly observant and keen-minded man, with a cool, matter-of-course courage that would stick at nothing once his judgment had commended any given line of action as necessary. Harley Greenoak's Charge "It will save us both some trouble in future, sir, if I re-mark that I am no friend to matter-of-course civilities, and never reply to them." A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The matter-of-course way in which she was asking and receiving the news just as though they had parted quite in ordinary fashion and merely temporarily, was funny. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland There is active competition for them, the ordinary, quiet routine of matter-of-course reference being interrupted by rival motions seeking to give very different directions to the disposition to be made of them. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z He read unerringly the intense dislike in the young officer's gaze, but he dissembled: "To ride, 'bout four o'clock," was the matter-of-course reply. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade And so they are very comfortable, and look on the whole thing as quite a matter-of-course affair, and, as it is to be conducted to-day, a decidedly valuable and judicious exhibition. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Everything seems a matter-of-course, and he concludes that science is complete, with nothing left for him to discover. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life One of the strangest feelings in life, is that of gliding into a new state of things with a kind of matter-of-course facility which we do not beforehand imagine to be possible. Ellen Middleton—A Tale If you do not, he may perchance repeat himself with enlarged hyperbolisms; and should you then hear in a matter-of-course manner, he may give you up as one stoical or phlegmatic in your temperament. Talkers With Illustrations He is to be congratulated on a rare ability to discriminate between the important and entertaining and what is matter-of-course. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 That manner comes from the same previous technical training which each uses in the most matter-of-course way, with only such change from the type, as his temperament unconsciously imposes on him. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Since food of some kind is a necessity, he seems resolved to burden himself as little as possible with the care of obtaining it, and so devours these creeping horrors with the utmost matter-of-course air. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 He chartered the Aleham car to take him to Black Strand and arrived there about a quarter past three, in a great effort to feel himself a matter-of-course visitor. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman A man regards a woman's love first as an unattainable dream, then as a boon, then as a blessing, then as a right, then as a matter-of-course—and, last, as a punishment. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Having threaded one of the needles he began now, in as matter-of-course a manner as though he were mending a shirt, to stitch up the whole great wound so as to draw its sides together. Finn The Wolfhound She revolted not against the drudgery, which was part of the matter-of-course of living unless one "kept a girl"; she revolted against the living itself. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The Grenadiers Saw you come strolling as a matter-of-course? L'Aiglon One matter-of-course rule is that no fish of whatever kind shall be allowed to enter the kitchen unless it is perfectly 122fresh. Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them There is no special class to take care of it; every one has to attend himself to those sacrifices which are incumbent on him; this is a natural, matter-of-course part of a man's duty. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems "The wealth of the Indies" has been a favorite phrase with romantic writers from time immemorial; and a book now before me speaks in the most matter-of-course way of "the prosperous and peaceful empire." Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions With most young ladies this would have been a matter-of-course proceeding; from so accomplished a horsewoman it was a tactful compliment. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The Burtington XI. seemed to me to take this beginning as a matter-of-course, and started throwing catches to each other without even troubling to applaud Higgs. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Hitherto, he had esteemed the neighborhood in some dull, matter-of-course fashion, such as folk ordinarily give to their native territory. Heart of the Blue Ridge Amongst Christians marriages are certainly not arranged for girls in this matter-of-course way, and so "old maids" abound. Home Life in Germany The people accept it in the most matter-of-course manner, and are already entirely absorbed once more in their own affairs, and even in their sports. The Message After her stepped a great dog, with the sedate, matter-of-course bearing of a constant attendant. From the Car Behind She said it in a quiet, matter-of-course tone, and Pitt started a little. A Red Wallflower As far as you and Frank are concerned, that would be a matter-of-course to me. The Vicar of Bullhampton ‘Would you like for me to do so?’ said Robert, in the quiet matter-of-course way of one to whom painful offices had become well-nigh natural. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He hadn’t expected Hood to betray surprise, and he was not disappointed in the matter-of-course fashion in which his companion received the invitation. The Madness of May This was long ago, you know, when travelling and correspondence were not the easy, matter-of-course things they are now. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 Not the least curious part of the curious state of things described in the next paragraph is the matter-of-course view of it taken by the youthful superintendent. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Judy greeted everyone quite in her old manner, and was rather glad that she was not fussed over, but taken quite as a matter-of-course. A Young Mutineer She received his approaches as a matter-of-course, without diffidence, without a blush. Monte-Cristo's Daughter This is not a matter of which the adult can be said to possess any instinctive or matter-of-course knowledge. The Task of Social Hygiene Finding that impossible he sank into his chair and began a vague remark about the shoe his host was half-soling, all which the latter took as a matter-of-course, not seeming to notice, even. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls He was not drunk, only exhilarated, but nevertheless the whole thing seemed to him so normal, so natural, so expected, so matter-of-course, that he couldn't think of acting otherwise than accept her invitation. Woman Her Sex and Love Life Don't let him think you are going to marry your cousin, or he may consider it a capital arrangement and a sort of matter-of-course affair, which is all in his favour. Kate Coventry An Autobiography This glib command of the matter-of-course, with a ready use of the proverb and the ‘old said saw,’ is a marked characteristic of the work. The Bibliotaph and Other People It was an extraordinary statement, despite the matter-of-course manner in which the words were uttered. More About Peggy Though not great, she had known the great; if she had not done the things, she had seen them done; her talk revealed a matter-of-course knowledge of secrets, a natural intimacy with the inaccessible. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Bathing seems to have been taken very seriously, with none of the present matter-of-course haphazardness. Highways and Byways in Sussex The like attitude toward colonies was once familiar matter-of-course with the British and Spanish statesmen. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation I am clearly of opinion that no one ought to give any entertainment that has not the means of making it pass off as a matter-of-course thing, and without effort. Recollections of Europe Picking up his pen with the air of a man with whom suing people was an everyday, matter-of-course sort of affair, Knott said: "Who did you wish to sue?" Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective In the vpandemonium to which the world had narrowed, the one familiar, matter-of-course thing was that he and I were to die together. The Literary World Seventh Reader The second paragraph goes forward in the most matter-of-course and easy way. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Such, indeed, is the common view; so common as to pass for matter-of-course, and therefore habitually to escape scrutiny. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation "I Promessi Sposi," they would say to each other in a matter-of-course way, with an accompanying nod that settled our destination without a loophole of doubt. My Friend the Chauffeur She was disturbed at learning from one of Mr. Patterson's brief, matter-of-course letters that Anne had been sent to an orphanage. Honey-Sweet Through it all they were affectionate and kind, with the matter-of-course fondness which a family gives to the member that takes the part of useful drudge. The Stolen Singer It seems a sort of matter-of-course to them. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I She gave her head a sort of matter-of-course shake, without moving a pair of intelligent black eyes which had fixed on his face. Hills of the Shatemuc At evening he went home with Mr. Hobart in the most matter-of-course way. Holiday Stories for Young People He had stood much from Mr. Ellis, and taken it all as a matter-of-course, but, for once, his anger had got the better of him. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 "There's your horse," remarked the Captain in a matter-of-course tone. The Killer She received the rug with matter-of-course indifference, and looked up at him with the serenity of a nun; the young lieutenant was quick to perceive the change. Bluebell A Novel Just in that maddening, matter-of-course way, as if everybody knew all about her. The Real Adventure "I jest shoved over in a birch, an' ye must be perlite enough to return the call," replied Jim, in the most matter-of-course manner possible. Sevenoaks Everything was done in a modest and matter-of-course way beautiful to behold. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana And the matter-of-course chivalry of professed knighthood is as inferior in art as in ethics to the chivalry to which this priest, vowed to another service, is lifted by the vision of Pompilia. Robert Browning So the next fine morning she ordered the car, and, going to the governess's room, asked her, in a matter-of-course manner, to put on her hat and come out. Bluebell A Novel Even speak his decision for him, as though it were a matter-of-course. Certain Success Once give a human being a moment of your time, as a special and extraordinary kindness, and before you can turn around there that being is claiming it wholesale as a matter-of-course right! Queed But Ralph spoke in such a matter-of-course way in reply that he felt encouraged to go on. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Cuckoo nodded again, this time with a strangely matter-of-course air, which assured the doctor in a flash of the long certainty of her knowledge of Valentine. Flames Whether men have heretofore accepted these invaluable services with gratitude or as a matter-of-course is by the way. The Living Present The host persisted in talking business with me, which the young lady, at whose side I sat, accepted as a matter-of-course, making apparently no claim whatever upon the smallest share of my attention. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories When Fouchard saw that he had nothing more to fear he said in a matter-of-course way, as if he had seen his son only the day before: "It's you—All right, I'll come down." The Downfall And so Miss Nancy just happened over at Mrs. Thomson's humble home, and, just in the most matter-of-course way, asked that lady and Shocky to come over to her house. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana He accepted success as his due, in a matter-of-course manner that must inspire confidence in further success. The Last Shot At the very least, a probe, or trial, is regarded as a matter-of-course preliminary to a marriage, since no one wishes "to buy a pig in a poke." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society With what a matter-of-course air her cousin asked this question. Ester Ried It was a relief to both to find that the acts of shaking hands and sitting down had been accomplished with matter-of-course formality. The Wild Olive A sort of matter-of-course kiss had been given, and then he had been left to eat his supper alone, since his wife could not just then be absent from her child. A Young Girl's Wooing Such hardships were little more than matter-of-course incidents in a life like his; and he at once prepared to set out with his family for the new land. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 I forgot all about being casual and indifferent and matter-of-course then. Mary Marie Her expression was matter-of-course, rather than pathetic, as she entered the pretty room where her daughter, half dressed, sat before a dressing-table and played with the reflections of a three-leafed mirror framed in blue enamel. Alice Adams Little by little he plucked up courage to enter the smoking-room where the tacit, matter-of-course welcome of his own sex seemed to him like extraordinary affability. The Wild Olive With this prelude, Mr Meagles went through the narrative; the established narrative, which has become tiresome; the matter-of-course narrative which we all know by heart. Little Dorrit Dennis, who was very much baffled by the cool matter-of-course manner of this reply, recovered his self-possession on his professional pursuits being referred to, and pointing towards Barnaby, shook his head and frowned. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The way in which our ancestors looked upon pain as an eternal ingredient of the world's order, and both caused and suffered it as a matter-of-course portion of their day's work, fills us with amazement. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Such intimacies as these were the matter-of-course at Battle Field. The Cost I answered him with a matter-of-course calmness as though some remote third person were in question. The Shadow Line; a confession He waved the tray carelessly aside; the waiter said "Thank you," in a matter-of-course way, dropped the sixty cents into his pocket. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise It fretted him, this matter-of-course assumption of hers that she could not but be altogether pleasing, not to say enchanting to him. The Grain of Dust The cat had jumped into Billy's lap with a matter-of-course air that was unmistakable—and to Bertram, adorable. Miss Billy's Decision This was the new world he had watched swimming out of the chaos in his mind, taking its allotted orbit in a planetary system of possible, rational, matter-of-course proceedings. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Kirkwood looked the man over with more interest, less matter-of-course courtesy. The Black Bag It was the matter-of-course to both of them that she should have protected her "friend." Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise In spite of his cheerful words and matter-of-course manner, Austin stood watching the train go out with a heavy heart. The Old Gray Homestead They tend rather to a type, very simple, very normal, and most people get married for the reason that they are in love, as if it were the most matter-of-course affair of life. Quaint Courtships Burr did not seem disposed to press his advantage, and treated the incident as the most matter-of-course affair in the world. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Too many go through these services in a matter-of-course spirit, their heart far away. The Channings In a very short time the changes which at first seem so sad and strange become accustomed and matter-of-course things which no longer surprise us. What Katy Did Next It is impossible to treat such a subject in quite the ordinary matter-of-course way. Selections from Poe I asked in my most matter-of-course tone, as soon as I was seated, and had heard about her cold. The Heavenly Twins Now there is nothing more remarkable in the whole narrative than the matter-of-course fashion in which our Lord takes the disposal of these men, and orders them about. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke And is it into a grim, stern world of retribution like this that people will come, with their smiling, sunny gospel of a matter-of-course forgiveness, upon very easy terms of a slight penitence? Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII His words sounded amusingly decided and matter-of-course, and a smile of not very sympathetic meaning passed over the faces of those within earshot. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People This was evidently not a matter-of-course affair, and some little time had elapsed when the maid-servant appeared, and beckoned to Endymion to follow her upstairs. Endymion Beware of such a shallow, easy-going, matter-of-course, taking for granted God's infinite love, that it makes you think very little of your own sins against that love. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms And in that atmosphere of vast affairs speedily despatched his consent without argument seemed, and was, the matter-of-course. The Deluge "That depends," he answered, taking the subject as a matter-of-course between them. Daniel Deronda She pulled him to the sofa, and put his arm about her waist, with a simple fearlessness and matter-of-course promptness that made him shudder. Indian Summer Mark, too, the matter-of-course way in which Christ assumes that He sent all the prophets whom, through the generations, Jerusalem had stoned. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII That the very meaning of the word poverty would have been forgotten would seem to be a matter-of-course assumption to begin with. Equality "Shall we lunch—yes, and in the Best Swell Place?" he asked, as if it were a matter-of-course part of the programme, while inwardly he was stirred with the fear of her refusal. Over the Pass Our crow also is a vocal mimic, and that not in the matter-of-course way of the mocking-bird, but, as it were, more individual and spontaneous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 The matter-of-course necessaries of our life were luxuries or were unknown to them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 "You speak as though my going was a matter-of-course, Aunt," said Sibyl slowly. The Old Stone House I think I will go first up the Rhine and then into Switzerland,' continued Waring, going back to himself and his plans with the matter-of-course egotism of youth and love. Castle Nowhere She looked at the bandages ruefully, but Sam was perfectly matter-of-course. The Awakening of Helena Richie "A woman—and revenge, perhaps," answered the judge, with a matter-of-course air. The Right of Way — Complete "Very likely," said James, in a matter-of-course way, that amused the young man exceedingly. Herbert Carter's Legacy Mr. Kendal gave one look of inquiry at Albinia, and she began some matter-of-course about Gilbert being so kind--whereupon the brothers were together as before. The Young Step-Mother Upon this quiet matter-of-course preparation, suddenly, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, came orders to leave. Castle Nowhere Florent had asked Quenu for five hundred francs one evening, in the easy, matter-of-course way of a man who had money lying to his credit at the pork shop. The Fat and the Thin Then, in a matter-of-course manner from his right hand pocket, he draws his automatic pistol. Writing for Vaudeville But she had softened to us all, and accepted us as her belongings, in a matter-of-course kind of way. Lady Hester, or, Ursula's Narrative But it was a very matter-of-course sort of Yes, and disappointed Miss Jane, who thought he would have been charmed with the ‘Swiss Family Robinson.’ Friarswood Post Office I want something much more than your everyday matter-of-course attention. Major Barbara Only this he did in silence, nor did he ever allude to the subject afterwards, except as a commonplace matter-of-course event. Love Eternal The matter-of-course question appeared to fill Kruger Bobs with amazement. On the Firing Line "Take off your shoes and stockings, won't you?" said the bailiff in matter-of-course tones, just as old ladies ask each other to take off their bonnets; "there's a little baby canal just over the ridge." The Enchanted Castle But Paul did not seem to think of them at all, or else to take their treatment as a matter-of-course, as he did his Union hardships. Friarswood Post Office The people accepted and practiced in a matter-of-course way as quite proper things which they would not now tolerate. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography She tried to tell it in a commonplace, matter-of-course way, but she was so set up by it and so vain of it that her pride in it leaked out pretty plainly. The Mysterious Stranger "In the way of getting what you wish in an utterly matter-of-course fashion." On the Firing Line You know they marry in such a peculiar matter-of-course way in Europe; a marriage of reason they call it. Washington Square In the pandemonium to which the world had narrowed, the one familiar, matter-of-course thing was that he and I were to die together. To Have and to Hold Not merely the politicians but the bulk of the people accepted this in a matter-of-course way as the only proper attitude. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography He said it in a quite matter-of-course way and without bitterness, just as a person might talk about bricks or manure or any other thing that was of no consequence and hadn't feelings. The Mysterious Stranger Cowper's lines, in "The Task," show the matter-of-course practice of his time: "He does not scorn it, who has long endured A fever's agonies, and fed on drugs." Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Or, perhaps, after all, it was only the Mummy's exceedingly natural and matter-of-course air that divested his words of the terrible. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 |
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