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hoc

UK /hɒk/US /hɑːk/

词源

源自拉丁语 'hoc',意为“这个”或“为此”,常用于短语 'ad hoc'(为此目的)。

noun

❶ 指临时或特定目的而设立的事物,常用于拉丁短语中表示专门为某事而做。

“The committee was created ad hoc to address the emergency.”

(该委员会是临时成立以应对紧急情况的。)

“They formed an hoc group to solve the problem.”

(他们临时组建了一个小组来解决这个问题。)

同义词:temporary, improvised, makeshift

常见短语

ad hoc — 拉丁短语,意为“为此目的”,用于描述为特定目的而临时安排的事物或行动。

“An ad hoc committee was formed to handle the crisis.”

(成立了一个临时委员会来处理这场危机。)