| 释义 |
‖ non-ens Obs.|nɒnˈɛnz|
Pl. noˈnentia |-ˈɛnʃ(ɪ)ə|.
[mod.L., f. nōn not + ēns (see ens).]
Something which has no existence; a nonentity.
1603J. Davies Microcosm. Wks. (Grosart) I. 69/2 Withoute Favoure, Loue is a non Ens; For, Favoure waites vpon Love's excellence. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. viii. 668 Who preach Non-sense, and oft nonentia too. 1650Howell Lett. III. xxiii. 33 To waste their brains in making laws against Chymeras, against non entia. 1659Baxter Key Cath. ii. iii. 430 A true General Council now no man can know, because it is a non ens. a1734North Examen ii. iv. §81 (1740) 270 A false Fact is a Non-Ens, and cannot be revealed. 1762Kames Elem. Crit. ii. i. iii, Cessation of bodily pain is not of itself a pleasure, for a non-ens or a negative can neither give pleasure nor pain. 1803Gradus ad Cantabr., Non ens, a Freshman in Embryo! one who has not been matriculated,..consequently is not considered as having any being! |
