damnedest

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One's best effort. uncountable
    — "Fancy was doing her damnedest to pull her own oar and the boys were tripping all over themselves to treat her like a lady."
动词 v.
  1. second-person singular simple past indicative of damn archaic,form-of,indicative,past,second-person
形容词 adj.
  1. superlative form of damned: most damned; surprising, remarkable, amazing. form-of,superlative
    — "And the damnedest thing happened. I was dreaming, but in my dream I was dreaming. It was the damnedest thing, really."

词形变化

damndest alternative damndest alternative damndest alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English damned
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ist
Old English -est
Middle English -est
English -est
English damnedest
From damned + -est.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English damned
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ist
Old English -est
Middle English -est
English -est
English damnedest
From damned + -est.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English damned
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ist
Old English -est
Middle English -est
English -est
English damnedest
From damned + -est.
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