| 词组 | galore |
| 释义 | galore Galore is derived from the Irish Gaelic go leor, "enough." Some usage commentators have written about it as if it still had a strongly Irish quality, but in fact it has been used in English since the 17th century and has long since been thoroughly assimilated into the mainstream of our language. Its most strident critics have been Fowler 1926, who considered it "no part of the Englishman's natural vocabulary," and Bernstein 1965, who found it appropriate only for "jocular or breezy or slangy effect." Our evidence shows that it is a common, standard word most likely to occur in writing that has an informal tone, as most writing now does. It occasionally appears in more formal contexts, but it would be out of place—and therefore is not used—when a somber or highly serious tone is called for. You will not find it, for example, in such a sentence as "The battlefield was strewn with bodies galore." Here are some examples of typical use from our files: • Legends galore ... have clustered round his name — Norman Douglas, South Wind, 1917 • ... tables (several of them, covered with Oriental carpeting), chairs galore, plush settees —Truman Capote, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 1956 • And what is left? Technical achievements, technical achievements galore —Peter Ustinov, Center Mag., January 1969 • ... with loyalty galore to invest if only he could earn it back with interest —John le Carré, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 14 Oct. 1979 • There is sleuthing galore ahead of the reader —William F. Buckley, Jr., N. Y. Times Book Rev., 13 Mar. 1983 |
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