modus agendin.

Brit.

/ˌməʊdəs əˈdʒɛndiː/,

/ˌməʊdəs əˈdʒɛndʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊdəs əˈdʒɛndi/,

/ˈmoʊdəs əˈdʒɛnˌdaɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin modus, agendī.

Etymology: < classical Latin modus mode n. + agendī, genitive of gerund of agere to do (see act v.), after e.g. classical Latin modus vīvendī modus vivendi n. Compare earlier modus operandi n.

The way in which a thing acts or operates.Cf. the more common modus operandi n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specifically of a thing

modus operandi1654

modus agendi1785

m.o.1915

1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 80 The truth of this [hypothesis] is inscrutable to us... Nature has hidden from us her modus agendi.

1824 Lancet 23 Oct. 119/1 What are his ideas of the pathology of hydrophobia, or the modus agendi of the fluids he would inject?

1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 29 Scientific men are not agreed as to the modus agendi of the amalgam applied to the rubber.

1993 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 5 Nov. b6/1 When arson flares up all over the region at once, when different fires are linked by a common modus agendi, when [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modus agendi
释义	modus agendin. Brit. /ˌməʊdəs əˈdʒɛndiː/, /ˌməʊdəs əˈdʒɛndʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdəs əˈdʒɛndi/, /ˈmoʊdəs əˈdʒɛnˌdaɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin modus, agendī. Etymology: < classical Latin modus mode n. + agendī, genitive of gerund of agere to do (see act v.), after e.g. classical Latin modus vīvendī modus vivendi n. Compare earlier modus operandi n. The way in which a thing acts or operates.Cf. the more common modus operandi n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specifically of a thing modus operandi1654 modus agendi1785 m.o.1915 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 80 The truth of this [hypothesis] is inscrutable to us... Nature has hidden from us her modus agendi. 1824 Lancet 23 Oct. 119/1 What are his ideas of the pathology of hydrophobia, or the modus agendi of the fluids he would inject? 1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 29 Scientific men are not agreed as to the modus agendi of the amalgam applied to the rubber. 1993 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 5 Nov. b6/1 When arson flares up all over the region at once, when different fires are linked by a common modus agendi, when [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785
随便看	free-climbing free-climbs free-cutting free-denize free-denized free-denizen free-diver free-diving free-draining free-fall free-falling free-fire free-fire zone free-float free-floater free-floating free-flowering flux-powder flux-spoon flux-turn flux-weed fluxation fluxed fluxes fluxibility