ad nauseam
adv.令人作呕地
难易程度:
ad nauseam为短语/超纲词汇
ad nauseam
/,æd 'nɔ:zɪm; `æd`nɔzɪ,æm/
(Latin 拉) to an excessive or sickening extent 达到过分或厌烦的程度
*play the same four records ad nauseam, ie again and again so that it becomes irritating 没完没了地播放那四张唱片(一遍又一遍而使人生厌).
ad nauseam
adv
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin:'to sickness']
if you say or do something ad nauseam, you say or do it so often that it becomes annoying for other people
Look, we've been over this ad nauseam. I think we should move on to the next item.
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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