| 单词 | modus operandi |
| 释义 | modus operandi[ moh-duhs -op-uh-ran-dee, -dahy; Latin moh-doos -oh-pe-rahn-dee ] / ˈmoʊ dəs ˌɒp əˈræn di, -daɪ; Latin ˈmoʊ dus ˌoʊ pɛˈrɑn di / SEE SYNONYMS FOR modus operandi ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural mo·di op·e·ran·di [moh-dee -op-uh-ran-dee, moh-dahy -op-uh-ran-dahy; Latin moh-dee -oh-pe-rahn-dee]. /ˈmoʊ di ˌɒp əˈræn di, ˈmoʊ daɪ ˌɒp əˈræn daɪ; Latin ˈmoʊ di ˌoʊ pɛˈrɑn di/.mode of operating or working: to investigate the modus operandi of the natural world. one’s usual way of doing something: A criminal’s modus operandi can give the police a lead.Abbreviation: MO Origin of modus operandiFirst recorded in 1645–55; New Latin: literally “mode of working” Words nearby modus operandimodule, modulo, modulus, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rigidity, modus operandi, modus ponens, modus tollens, modus vivendi, Moe, Moebius Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for modus operandi
British Dictionary definitions for modus operandimodus operandi / (ˈməʊdəs ˌɒpəˈrændiː, -ˈrændaɪ) / noun plural modi operandi (ˈməʊdiː ˌɒpəˈrændiː, ˈməʊdaɪ ˌɒpəˈrændaɪ)procedure; method of operating Word Origin for modus operandiC17: from Latin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for modus operandimodus operandi [ (moh-duhs op-uh-ran-dee, op-uh-ran-deye) ] The way someone does something; a characteristic method: “Her modus operandi in buying a new car always included a month of research.” This phrase, often abbreviated “m.o.,” is used by police to describe a criminal's characteristic way of committing a crime. From Latin, meaning “method of operation.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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