sine die
副词 adv.
英 /ˈsʌɪ.ni ˈdaɪ.iː/|/ˈsɪ.neɪ ˈdiː.eɪ/
美 /ˈsaɪ.ni ˈdaɪ.i/|/ˈsɪ.neɪ ˈdi.eɪ/
英文释义
副词 adv.
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Without specifying a date (for a future event); indefinitely.
— Years ago […] he might have retrieved his position; but he had done what most people will do in such cases—put off the evil day sine die, and gone on increasing his enormous list of debts.
词源
Unadapted borrowing from Latin sine diē (literally “without a day”).
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