释义
abbreviation and others; and so forth; and so on (used to indicate that more of the same sort or class might have been mentioned, but for brevity have been omitted): You can leave your coats, umbrellas, etc., at the door.
Origin of etc. Shortening of et cetera
Words nearby etc. etanercept, etaoin shrdlu, eta particle, étape, etatism, etc. , etcetera, etceteras, etch, etchant, etched in stone
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Example sentences from the Web for etc. “Sanctuary for all, community for all, etc, etc. ” So he was on the road to community, you know?
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Gender is more about your personal sense of who you are (e.g., man, woman, transgender, etc) .
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But when you go outside the lab, you risk not only the ire of anti-GMO groups like ETC, but also the attention of regulators.
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“I was in a certain place in my life, etc, etc, etc. ,” he said.
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Second, the rates of high blood pressure, etc were not that low.
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Teacher had been telling us that we ought to be little missionaries, etc, and I thought this was a likely case to experiment on.
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The motto, "Facilis descensus Averno," etc, epitomises the whole story.
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In grain and root crops, etc, the soil yields more abundantly than that of any other country.
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And a considerable quantity of garden ground, in potatoes, etc and vines.
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All of a sudden I realized the full meaning of them doughnuts and cocoa and etc she had eat these past months.
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