释义 |
‖ quomodo, quo modo|ˈkwəʊmədəʊ, kwəʊ ˈməʊdəʊ| [L. ‘in what way?’] the quomodo, the manner, way, means.
1671Evelyn Corr. (1879) III. 383 The difference between us and the Church of Rome consists chiefly in the definition of the manner of the change; the quomodo or modus. 1749Fielding Tom Jones vii. xv, Northerton was desirous of departing and nothing remained for him but to contrive the quomodo. 1791Burke's Corr. (1844) III. 318, I cannot persuade myself that the obstacle is not to be removed. The quomodo is the thing to be considered. 1828Congress Debates IV. ii. 2724 (Stanf.) The quo modo of executing it is left to the wisdom of the government. |