Kathleen Mavourneen

短语

发音

/ˌkæθliːn məˈvɔːniːn/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    indefinite; which may not have an end for years, if ever

    定语

    There is a sort of loan with which I have been made familiar that might be called a Kathleen Mavourneen loan — it may be for a year and it may be forever, but the promises made by the Huguenots were for a year and were forever and were redeemed every day.

    The Hon. F. R. H. Lavery: That is a Kathleen Mavourneen undertaking. The Hon. A. F. GRIFFITH: It is not. The Hon. F. R. H. Lavery: Past experience has shown that so many things have been promised but have not eventuated.

词源

With reference to a popular Irish ballad, Kathleen Mavourneen, which includes the line “It may be for years, and it may be forever.”

来源：wiktionary