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.
雙語例句
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.
這將使一張詞匯表分解成無數臨時的詞.
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3. Bob is a fool, to be dozing at the very nonce.
鮑勃真是個笨蛋, 在這個節骨眼上還打瞌睡.
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4. Well, goodbye for the nonce.
好吧, 等一會兒見.
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5. The badge of the civil and staid I'll tear into shreds for the nonce.