ad infinitum
adv.无限
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ad infinitum
/,æd,ɪnfɪ'naɪtəm; `æd,ɪnfə`naɪtəm/
(Latin 拉) without limit; for ever 无限地; 永远地
*I don't want to go on working here ad infinitum. 我不愿意永远在这里干下去.
ad infinitum
adv formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin:'to an endless length of time']
continuing without ever ending - often used humorously
I have to explain A, then B, and C, and so on ad infinitum.
1. On page three, 1 October 1767, was the ad of the agents of the ship, announcing the arrival of the Lord Ligonier under Captain Davies from the River Gambia, with a cargo of "fresh, choice, healthy slaves for sale, to be sold the following Wednesday a 在第3页上,1767年10月1 日,记录着轮船代理人的广告,宣布来自冈比亚河由戴维斯船长率领的利戈尼尔勋爵号带来了一船“新鲜的、精选的、健壮的奴隶,将于下个星期三在梅格码头出售。”
2. In recent years, the government has waged a massive ad campaign to encourage birth control, offering inducements such as free trips to Mecca, the birthplace of Islam in Saudi Arabia. 印尼政府近几年来已发动了一场大规模的广告宣传运动来鼓励节制生育,并提出了鼓励措施,如提供免费去沙特阿拉伯的麦加-伊斯兰教的诞生地-的机会。
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