ante litteram

介词短语

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Before the term existed; before the term was coined.
    — In the fifteenth century, he espoused ecology ante litteram. He endorsed ecology before the term "ecology" existed.

词源

From Latin ante (“before”) + litteram, accusative singular of littera (“letter, writing”).
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