exception that proves the rule

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exceptions that prove rules exceptions that prove the rule 复数 exceptions that prove the rule exceptions that prove rules 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The rare occurrence of a counterexample to a rule, used to demonstrate that the rule exists.

词源

Derived from the medieval Latin legal principle "exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis" ("the exception tests the rule in the cases not excepted").

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