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单词 onus
释义 onus
\ˈōnəs\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Latin — more at onerous
1.
 a. : something (as a task, duty, responsibility) that involves considerable difficulty or annoyance or necessitates rather strenuous effort or results in notable strain or fatigue : burden
  < 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. : something distasteful or objectionable and difficult to bear: as
  (1) : a disagreeable necessity of doing something
   < free of all onus of retort or comment — Richard Blaker >
  (2) : blame
   < 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) : stigma
   < 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 \-prōˈbanˌdī, -ndē\ : burden of proof
 < put forth a theory that left the onus squarely on him >
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