absit omen

短语

发音

US /ˈæb.sɪt ˈoʊ.mn̩/

释义与例句

interj.
  1. 1.

    May what is said not come true.

    罕用

    Now it was very obvious we should require a much stronger Navy in the event of war, say with France and Russia—absit omen—if we were obliged to maintain our flag in the Mediterranean, than if we were to withdraw from the Mediterranean.

词源

Borrowed from Latin absit omen (“may what is said not come true”, literally “may omen be absent”).

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