| 词组 | ad nauseam |
| 释义 | ad nauseam This phrase from the Latin has been at work in English since the 17th century, when writers regularly learned to read and write Latin. Writers today are less familiar with Latin, and more likely to spell the phrase wrong when they trot it out to show off with. "If you are determined to use this poor old thing," says Kil-patrick 1984, "at least spell it right." Somebody goofed in these examples: • Again Dobler has researched his subject ad nauseum and again he has created a veritable horde of stereotyped characters —N.Y. Times Book Rev., 12 Sept. 1976 • As Brendan becomes the Horatio Alger of porn, we trace, ad nauseum, his rise to wealth and power — Publishers Weekly, 5 Sept. 1977 Even if these particular examples are typos, as they may well be, it behooves the writer to be careful. |
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