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单词 nonce
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
nonce /nɑns/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable* usually: the + ~]
  1. the immediate occasion or purpose:We'll stay, for the nonce.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
nonce  (nons),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
  • 1150–1200; Middle English nones, in phrase for the nones, by faulty division of for then ones for the once (Middle English then dative singular of the1; ones once)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nonce /nɒns/ n
  1. the present time or occasion (now only in the phrase for the nonce)
Etymology: 12th Century: from the phrase for the nonce, a mistaken division of for then anes, literally: for the once, from then dative singular of the + anes once
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