| 单词 |
penultimatum |
| 释义 |
penultimatum nonce-wd.|pɪnʌltɪˈmeɪtəm| [after penultimate and ultimatum.] A demand amounting almost to an ultimatum, or sent immediately before an ultimatum.
1882Daily Tel. 29 May 5 The Consuls-General hand in an ultimatum, or penultimatum, to a recalcitrant Ministry. 1899Westm. Gaz. 6 Nov. 3/2 Nearly three weeks after the rejection of the ‘penultimatum’. |

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