annus horribilis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A horrible year
    — It is now a full year since the treaty with Spain was ratified, and the ignoble and bloody war in the Philippines began — a true annus horribilis.

词形变化

anni horribiles plural

词源

From the Latin annus (“year”) + horribilis (“of horrors”), on the model of annus mirabilis.
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