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单词 mollia tempora
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mollia temporan.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mollia tempora.
Etymology: < classical Latin mollia tempora favourable times, short for mollia tempora fandi (see mollia tempora fandi n.).This shortened form of the phrase appears to be attested slightly earlier in an English context than the full form.
Obsolete.
= mollia tempora fandi n.
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1658 I. Craven New Paradise of God 23 He neglects those mollia tempora, desirable seasons for spiritual advantages, which may (haply) in all his remainder never come about again.
1679–80 H. Savile Let. 24 Feb. in Savile Corr. (1858) 140 I will no longer discompose the mollia tempora you enjoy.
1738 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 31/1 The Morning Moments, which I take to be the Mollia Tempora, so propitious to Tete a Tetes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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