| 词组 | of course |
| 释义 | of course Of course is commonly used in writing to qualify some statement of fact that the writer is sure most of the readers already know, but some may not, and others may need reminding of. It is added as a sort of courtesy, as if the unvarnished statement might insult the intelligence of the majority who can be expected to know. • On the Continent and in England, soccer is, of course, the most popular mass sport —Joseph Wechsberg, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 1955 • ... but being Jewish she could not, of course, be accepted by a sorority —John Corry, Harper's, February 1971 • ... on the commercial networks, and of course these same programs can also be viewed on cable — Thomas Whiteside, New Yorker, 3 June 1985 A few commentators mention that some people dislike the use of of course for the purpose of one-upmanship when it is attached to some little-known fact. Its invidious use is well illustrated by this example: • Your reviewer quotes me: "A certain Spanish bishop called Simancas ..." Thereupon he loftily observes: "Simancas, of course, was not a bishop, but a place." His of course is inimitable. He has always known all about Simancas, of course! —Wyndham Lewis, Times Literary Supp., 16 Oct. 1948 It can be used less nastily: • ... mentioned quite casually that, of course, quasars had been a pet interest of his because he and a colleague had discovered the first one —Tom Buckley, N.Y. Times Mag., 12 Sept. 1976 A couple of other commentators object to its use to buttress unsubstantiated assertions; the example given is of this sort: "The administration, of course, is corrupt." Our files have no good examples of this use, which may be more common in oral discussions and in partisan publications than in ordinary edited prose. |
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