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nuncupative

/nuhng-kyuh-pey-tiv, nuhng-kyoo-puh-tiv/US // ˈnʌŋ kyəˌpeɪ tɪv, nʌŋˈkyu pə tɪv //UK // (ˈnʌŋkjʊˌpeɪtɪv, nʌŋˈkjuːpətɪv) //

姑息性,姑息性的,姑且不说,姑且不提

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : oral; not written.

Examples

  • Upon this, Chancellor Kent observed: “I should hope to see one day a law that no nuncupative will should be valid in any case.”

  • In this country, the cases upon the subject of nuncupative wills are considerably numerous since the last civil war.

  • Now let any man judge what a precious Legacy it is that he bequeaths by his nuncupative will to his friends in Tacitus.

  • It is true that under certain exceptional circumstances a man may make what is known as a nuncupative will.

  • The will of the Minstrel of Paradise is a nuncupative one taken by his daughter, the great poet being blind.