单词 | onus |
释义 | onus 1. a. < the job of caring for his dependents was a real onus > < believe it to be the onus on every man to add … to the sum total of human knowledge — Douglas Carruthers > b. (1) < free of all onus of retort or comment — Richard Blaker > (2) < tried to shift the onus for causing the war onto the other country > < adroitly transfer the onus from the accused to the accusers — Eugene Lyons > (3) < excusing himself ahead of time so that the onus would be less if his failure was realized — Norman Mailer > 2. or onus pro·ban·di < put forth a theory that left the onus squarely on him > |
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