Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 29, 2012
quadrennial \kwo-DREN-ee-uhl\, adjective:
1. Occurring every four years.
2. Of or lasting for four years.
noun:
1. An event occurring every four years, as an anniversary or its celebration.
...all we merely have here is just what Rod might call an exaggerated example of a quadrennial problem any administration with vision is going to have to face eventually anyway.
-- David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
The inauguration of a President of the United States, I think, has always been treated as a great quadrennial ceremonial.
-- United States Senate, Subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia, Suffrage Parade
Clearly, quadrennial comes from the Latin words quadri- meaning four and annus meaning years, with the suffix -ial meaning pertaining to.
四年一度的\\果嶺兒童EE-UHL,形容詞:
1。每四年發生。
2。或為期四年。
名詞:
1。事件發生的每四年為一週年的慶祝。
我們只是在這裡有是什麼棒,可以稱之為一個四年期的問題,具有遠見的任何當局將不得不面對最終反正誇張的例子。
- 大衛·福斯特·華萊士,無限開玩笑
美國總統的就職典禮,我想,一直被視為一個偉大的四年一次的儀式。
- 美國參議院小組委員會在哥倫比亞特區,選舉權遊行
顯然,四年一度的來自拉丁詞與後綴-IAL有關的意義,誇德里的意義四和安努什含義年。
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