terminus ad quem

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. the latest possible date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.)
  2. an objective or goal
    — What I do regret is the non-intelligent and almost superstitious way in which baptism is still regarded by many of our people. They think of it too much as a mere terminus ad quem which should call forth their energies up till the time it is obtained, and then leaves them waiting to see what sort of substantial worldly good may afterwards come along.

词形变化

termini ad quos plural

词汇关系

相关词
terminus ante quem terminus post quem terminus a quo

词源

From Latin terminus (“limit”) + ad (“up to”) + quem (“which”), the accusative of quī (“what”). Literally meaning “the limit up until which”.
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