ad nauseam

短语

令人作呕地 [医] 至恶心为度

发音

UK /ˌæd ˈnɔːziəm/
US /ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/
/ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/
US /ˌæd ˈnɒziəm/

别名

ad nauseum

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Done or repeated so often that it becomes annoying or tiresome.

adv.
  1. 1.

    To a nauseating or sickening degree.

  2. 2.

    Having been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.

    A drunk person was repeating the same old story ad nauseam.

词源

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), accusative of nausea.

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