英语词汇“never-never”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

never-never1

noun (the never-never) British informal

Hire purchase: buying a telly on the never-never...

They instructed hire-purchase companies to make the never-never more finite.
Perhaps we are too fond, in the current era, of living for the day, of buying on tick and the never-never.
In fact, as a result of the last few months' boom in trade, the son went out and bought himself a new car on the never-never and the missus had done the same and ordered a new kitchen.

Synonyms

instalments, instalment plan/system, instalment-payment plan, credit, finance, deferred payment, easy terms;

British hire purchase, HP;

North American instalment buying

Rhymes

Never-Never2

/ˌnɛvəˈnɛvə

1Australian The unpopulated desert country of the interior of Australia; the remote outback.

2 (Never-Never Land (or Country)) A region of Northern Territory, Australia, south-east of Darwin; chief town, Katherine.

Origin

Mid 19th century: so named from the notion that one might never return from such remote country.

单词	never-never
释义	never-never1 noun (the never-never) British informal Hire purchase: buying a telly on the never-never... They instructed hire-purchase companies to make the never-never more finite. Perhaps we are too fond, in the current era, of living for the day, of buying on tick and the never-never. In fact, as a result of the last few months' boom in trade, the son went out and bought himself a new car on the never-never and the missus had done the same and ordered a new kitchen. Synonyms instalments, instalment plan/system, instalment-payment plan, credit, finance, deferred payment, easy terms; British hire purchase, HP; North American instalment buying Rhymes clever, endeavour (US endeavor), ever, forever, however, howsoever, never, sever, Trevor, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, whensoever, wheresoever, wherever, whichever, whichsoever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever Never-Never2 /ˌnɛvəˈnɛvə / 1Australian The unpopulated desert country of the interior of Australia; the remote outback. 2 (Never-Never Land (or Country)) A region of Northern Territory, Australia, south-east of Darwin; chief town, Katherine. Origin Mid 19th century: so named from the notion that one might never return from such remote country.
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