| 单词 |
nil desperandum |
| 释义 |
‖ nil desperandum, int.|nɪl dɛspəˈrændəm|
Also ˌnihil despeˈrandum.
[L.]
An exhortation to have hope in difficult circumstances and not to despair, deriving from Horace Odes i. vii. 27 nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro, ‘no need to despair with Teucer as your leader and Teucer to protect you’.
[1617T. Adams Souldiers Honour sig. A3v, Nil desperandū Christo Duce, & Auspice Christo.] 1628R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. 527 Nihil desperandum, there's hope enough yet. 1749Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. vi. 189 All I have is at your Service, and at your Disposal... Nil desperandum est Teucro duce et auspice Teucro. 1774J. Adams Wks. (1851) IV. 12 Nil desperandum is a good motto. 1872E. Braddon Life in India iii. 75 But nil desperandum was the cry of the Vauxhall partisans. 1921W. de la Mare Memoirs of Midget xx. 142 Nil desperandum, Mr. Crimble. And you know what they say about fish in the sea. 1955Times 5 May 15/4 There is..a key-note running through the essays and magazine articles here reprinted—‘a note of nil desperandum’. 1974J. Mann Sticking Place iii. 46 Edward had thought the job his for the asking... Well, nil desperandum..he might yet be moving in. |
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