2012年2月29日 星期三

2012_02_29 quadrennial \kwo-DREN-ee-uhl\, adjective: 每四年發生 Occurring every four years.

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。為期四年

名詞:
1。事件發生每四年一週年慶祝

我們只是在這裡什麼可以稱之為一個四年的問題具有遠見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哥倫比亞特區選舉權遊行

顯然四年一度的來自拉丁詞後綴-IAL有關意義誇德里意義安努什含義

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