单词	terminus ante quem
释义	terminus ante quem /ˌantɪ ˈkwɛm / noun The latest possible date for something: 1467 represents a terminus ante quem for the death of Fahreddin Acemi... This should provide a date of c.70 B.C. as a terminus ante quem non for this occupation layer. In fact, the chapter's conclusion only states a terminus a quo with any conviction, while his earlier confidence regarding a terminus ante quem seems to disappear unexplainably. This may well mark the arrival of the first copies for sale in America, and thus give a terminus ante quem for the publication of the completed set. Origin Latin, literally 'end before which'.
随便看	submetacentric submeter submicro submicron submicroscopic submicroscopical submillimetre submillimetric submind subminiature subminiaturisation subminiaturization subminister submiss submissible submission submissioner submissionist submissive submissively submissiveness submissly submissness submit submittable

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