to be sure

spoken formalTRUE used to admit that something is true, before saying something that is the opposite 不能否认；诚然，固然

It was difficult, to be sure, but somehow we managed to finish the job.

这项工作固然困难，但不管怎样我们终于完成了。

Examples from the Corpus

to be sure• Get a vet to check him over to be sure.• No match for open, urban brown-water, to be sure.• The outside air temperature was above minimum, but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway, just to be sure.• There was, to be sure, a minority position.• He had wanted to be sure before tackling Mary Penrose; now he was.• It was difficult, to be sure, but somehow we managed to finish the job.• Dole and Gramm, to be sure, enjoy fund-raising advantages of their own, as powerful long-serving senators.• They put me though every test in the book to be sure I was healthy.

→ to be sure at sure1(7)

单词	to be sure
释义	to be sure to be sure spoken formalTRUE used to admit that something is true, before saying something that is the opposite 不能否认；诚然，固然 It was difficult, to be sure, but somehow we managed to finish the job. 这项工作固然困难，但不管怎样我们终于完成了。 Examples from the Corpus to be sure• Get a vet to check him over to be sure.• No match for open, urban brown-water, to be sure.• The outside air temperature was above minimum, but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway, just to be sure.• There was, to be sure, a minority position.• He had wanted to be sure before tackling Mary Penrose; now he was.• It was difficult, to be sure, but somehow we managed to finish the job.• Dole and Gramm, to be sure, enjoy fund-raising advantages of their own, as powerful long-serving senators.• They put me though every test in the book to be sure I was healthy. → to be sure at sure1(7)
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