| 单词 | druthers |
| 例句 | druthers plural noun informal •if I had my druthers, we would start over again:preference, choice, liking, choosing, say.WORD NOTE druthers As in “if I had my druthers.” As a way of indicating a preference, this nonstandard word deserves to be used more widely in place of bland, overly corporate- or financial-sounding terms like options. The only problem is that some people who know druthers from Li'l Abner think it is a mock-Southernism, and therefore condescending. I don't hear it that way, though, and it predates the comic strip. So use without fear. — DAConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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