单词 | non-accomplishment |
释义 | > as lemmasnon-accomplishment non-accomplishment n. Brit. /ˌnɒnəˈkʌmplᵻʃm(ə)nt/ , /ˌnɒnəˈkɒmplᵻʃm(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌnɑnəˈkɑmplɪʃmənt/ ΚΠ c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 15 It were to be done..to make writing from you to my maistres..excuseing the non accomplishment of her desire. 1854 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. (new ed.) V. i. 32 Scandalised by the non-accomplishment of a prophecy, which he was said to have uttered. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 184 The New York Times commented that this Congress seemed ‘determined to establish an all-time record for non-accomplishment’. a1969 J. K. Toole Confederacy of Dunces (1982) 226 Your hostility to my lecture is a manifestation of your feelings of failure, nonaccomplishment, and mental..impotence. 2007 W. Hirtle Lessons on Eng. Verb vii. 106 The choice leading to the accomplishment of one event and the non-accomplishment of the other is felt to be ‘inevitable’ because of the either-or conjunction. < as lemmas |
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