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单词 never-never
释义 never-never
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for never-never land, probably from reduplication of never + land
1. or never-never land also never-never country
 a. Australia : sparsely settled country in the northern and western part of Queensland
 b. : a remote or sparsely settled region : a barren or frontier area
 c. : an ideal or imaginary place or region
  < that never-never land of true romance and pure love — Rollene W. Saal >
2. : an illusory existence
3. [reduplication of never] Britain : a system of installment purchase
II. adjective
Etymology: never-never land
: characterized by an imaginary, idealistic, or fantastic quality
 < the never-never rhetoric … which had to do with perfect justice and perfect harmony — Jane Kramer >
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