nonce
英 [nɒns]
美[nɑns]
- n. 目前；特定场合；强奸犯
- adj. 临时的；特定场合的
中文词源
nonce 临时造的，偶用的
错分裂词，来自中古英语then anes,那一个，来自then,即现在的the,ane-,即现在的one,-s，副词所有格，错分裂成the nanes.引申词义临时的，偶用的。
英文词源
- nonce (n.)
- abstracted from phrase for þe naness (c. 1200) "for a special occasion, for a particular purpose," itself a misdivision (see N for other examples) of for þan anes "for the once," in reference to a particular occasion or purpose, the þan being from Middle English dative definite article þam (see the). The phrase used from early 14c. as an empty filler in metrical composition. As an adjective from 1884.
双语例句
- 1. Her tendency to discover a touch of sadness had for the nonce disappeared.
- 她往日那种淡淡的忧伤现在一扫而空了.
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- 2. This would dissolve a vocabulary into an infinite number of nonce words.
- 这将使一张词汇表分解成无数临时的词.
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- 3. Bob is a fool, to be dozing at the very nonce.
- 鲍勃真是个笨蛋, 在这个节骨眼上还打瞌睡.
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- 4. Well, goodbye for the nonce.
- 好吧, 等一会儿见.
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- 5. The badge of the civil and staid I'll tear into shreds for the nonce.
- 我暂且撕裂温恭和认真的标志.
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