| 单词 | penultimate |
| 例句 | penultimate adjective •the penultimate movie on my top-ten list is an animated feature:next-to-last, second-to-last, second-last.USAGE penultimate Penultimate (= next-to-last) is sometimes misused for ultimate or quintessential —e.g.: “As our cover story points out, data warehouses have been sold by many vendors as the penultimate [read quintessential ] business solution.” ( ComputerWorld; Apr. 1, 1996.) Sometimes, too, the word is misspelled pentultimate (perhaps through sound association with pent-up)—e.g.: “When Poole secured a 4–2 in the pentultimate [read penultimate ] race the scores were level at 42–42.” ( Birmingham Evening Mail [UK]; Apr. 8, 2003.).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage. |
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