• n. 目前；特定場合；強(qiáng)奸犯
• adj. 臨時(shí)的；特定場合的

錯(cuò)分裂詞，來自中古英語then anes,那一個(gè)，來自then,即現(xiàn)在的the,ane-,即現(xiàn)在的one,-s，副詞所有格，錯(cuò)分裂成the nanes.引申詞義臨時(shí)的，偶用的。

nonce (n.)

abstracted from phrase for te naness (c. 1200) "for a special occasion, for a particular purpose," itself a misdivision (see N for other examples) of for tan anes "for the once," in reference to a particular occasion or purpose, the tan being from Middle English dative definite article tam (see the). The phrase used from early 14c. as an empty filler in metrical composition. As an adjective from 1884.

1. Her tendency to discover a touch of sadness had for the nonce disappeared.

她往日那種淡淡的憂傷現(xiàn)在一掃而空了.

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2. This would dissolve a vocabulary into an infinite number of nonce words.

這將使一張?jiān)~匯表分解成無數(shù)臨時(shí)的詞.

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3. Bob is a fool, to be dozing at the very nonce.

鮑勃真是個(gè)笨蛋, 在這個(gè)節(jié)骨眼上還打瞌睡.

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4. Well, goodbye for the nonce.

好吧, 等一會(huì)兒見.

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5. The badge of the civil and staid I'll tear into shreds for the nonce.

我暫且撕裂溫恭和認(rèn)真的標(biāo)志.

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