postliminious

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Contrived, done, or existing afterwards. not-comparable
    — The Reaſon vvhy Men are ſo ſhort and vveak in Governing is, becauſe moſt Things fall out to them accidentally, and come not into any Compliance vvith their pre-conceiv'd Ends, but they are forced to comply ſubſequently, and to ſtrike in vvith Things as they fall out, by poſtliminious After-Applications of them to their Purpoſes, or by framing their Purpoſes to them.

词源

See postliminium.
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