单词 | pre-ascertain |
释义 | > as lemmaspre-ascertain pre-ascertain v. Brit. /ˌpriːasəˈteɪn/ , U.S. /ˌpriˌæsərˈteɪn/ ΚΠ 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. xxix. 469 Quantity being pre-ascertained or agreed on. 1907 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 17 452 Human conditions..vary with the whole course of intellectual development which cannot be pre-ascertained. 2002 Canberra Times (Nexis) 22 July a10 It was unreasonable to expect anyone involved to be able to pre-ascertain critical aspects of the physical nature of the structural steel to be blasted. < as lemmas |
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