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单词 antepenultimate
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Definition of antepenultimate in English:

antepenultimate

adjective ˌantɪpɪˈnʌltɪmətˌæn(t)ipəˈnəltəmət
  • Last but two in a series; third last.

    倒数第三个的

    the antepenultimate item on the agenda

    日程表倒数第三项。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Paradoxically, the sagacious and shrewdly written new column entitled ‘Nightmarch’ is hidden away at the bottom of the antepenultimate page.
    • This, as the copy editor Steve Pickering liked to say, is the antepenultimate paragraph.
    • West African speakers tend to have antepenultimate word stress.
    • Afficionados and adepts will recognize the last item as the words of Joel Beinin, the antepenultimate item as the words of Mahatma Gandhi, and the penultimate item as the motto of Faber College in Animal House.
    • Moreover, in the antepenultimate chapter of the novel, when the narrator reflects on his project, he intimates that he has been writing a novel all along.

Definition of antepenultimate in US English:

antepenultimate

adjectiveˌæn(t)ipəˈnəltəmətˌan(t)ēpəˈnəltəmət
  • attributive Last but two in a series; third last.

    倒数第三个的

    the antepenultimate item on the agenda

    日程表倒数第三项。

    the antepenultimate syllable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • West African speakers tend to have antepenultimate word stress.
    • Moreover, in the antepenultimate chapter of the novel, when the narrator reflects on his project, he intimates that he has been writing a novel all along.
    • Paradoxically, the sagacious and shrewdly written new column entitled ‘Nightmarch’ is hidden away at the bottom of the antepenultimate page.
    • This, as the copy editor Steve Pickering liked to say, is the antepenultimate paragraph.
    • Afficionados and adepts will recognize the last item as the words of Joel Beinin, the antepenultimate item as the words of Mahatma Gandhi, and the penultimate item as the motto of Faber College in Animal House.
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