come what may

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come what may (無比較級)

1. (俗語) 無論如何，不管怎樣
   • 1837，w:Charles Dickens，章號 56，The Pickwick Papers：

     If you vant a more polished sort o' feller, vell and good, have him; but vages or no vages, notice or no notice, board or no board, lodgin' or no lodgin', Sam Veller, as you took from the old inn in the Borough, sticks by you, come what may.

     如果你想要一個更有品位的人，那好吧，隨你；但是無論有工資與否、有通知與否、有食宿與否，薩姆·維勒無論如何都會陪在你身邊，正如從老旅館帶你走的那樣。

   • 1906，w:Arthur Conan Doyle，章號 21，Sir Nigel：

     [W]e are here of a set purpose and we will go forward with it, come what may.

     我們來這裡是有明確的目的，我們會堅持下去，無論發生什麼事。

   • 2004年9月23日，w:Tony Karon，“Allawi Rides to Bush's Rescue”，Time：

     Still, now the prime minister remains "on message," reiterating that the election will be held in January, come what may.

     然而，現在首相仍然保持「一致的立場」，重申選舉無論如何都將在一月舉行。

   • 2018，Fiona Aghajanian, Harrison Druery, Michael Farren, Jaywan Maxwell, Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson （作曲作詞），“The Goodness of Jesus”，Yet Not I‎^[1]：

     May it be, come what may, that I rest all my days in the goodness of Jesus.

     願我不管怎樣，都能在耶穌的慈愛中安息直到終老。

同義詞

• anyway, no matter what, regardless (副詞)

派生詞

• hold come what may

參見

• come hell or high water
• no matter what
• be that as it may