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
- : 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.
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