| 释义 |
penultimatum nonce-wd.|pɪnʌltɪˈmeɪtəm|
[after penultimate and ultimatum.]
A demand amounting almost to an ultimatum, or sent immediately before an ultimatum.
1882Daily Tel. 29 May 5 The Consuls-General hand in an ultimatum, or penultimatum, to a recalcitrant Ministry. 1899Westm. Gaz. 6 Nov. 3/2 Nearly three weeks after the rejection of the ‘penultimatum’. |