单词 | non sequitur |
释义 | non sequitur From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnon sequiturnon seq‧ui‧tur /ˌnɒn ˈsekwɪtə $ ˌnɑːn ˈsekwɪtər/ noun [countable]ALSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLEa statement which does not seem to be connected in a reasonable or sensible way with what was said beforeExamples from the Corpusnon sequitur• This is a non sequitur, since something can be both a by-product and a great value.• It was such a non sequitur.• The rabbit was a non sequitur.• It purports to be the end of some orderly progression of thought and effort, yet it constitutes a complete non sequitur.• This is a huge non sequitur.Origin non sequitur (1500-1600) Latin “it does not follow” |
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