such-and-such

名词 n. 限定词 det.

中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.

A placeholder or generic thing.

— It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.

限定词 det.

indefinite; some or other, not stated

— I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.

such-and-suches plural such and such alternative such and such alternative