请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 qua
释义

Definition of qua in English:

qua

conjunctionkwɑːkweɪ
formal
  • In the capacity of; as being.

    〈正式〉以…身份(或资格);作为

    shareholders qua members may be under obligations to the company

    股东作为公司成员对公司负有义务。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Very little is made of Jesus qua male in the canon.
    • By contrast, a judge is not, qua judge, an interpreter of Catholic doctrine.
    • Denigrate men qua men, though, and you're hip and clever.
    • The Irish qua Irish have no more title to self-determination than have the freckled, red-haired or bow-legged.
    • As shareholders, qua shareholders, they must be treated equally.
    • A demand is embedded in the very grain of the voice qua voice irrespective of the meaning it carries.
    • The problem is in the design of the game qua game.
    • Supermodels qua supermodels properly belong to the 80s, that Gilded Age that we shall never quite see the likes of again.
    • The concert hall is the very field of communication qua meaning.
    • People who bleat on about the ‘artistic’ potential of television qua television are equally deluded.
    • Note, however, that one can to some extent rationally accept s qua a member of G and accept not-s as a private person.
    • Similarly, an analysis of Raging Bull needs to consider the kitchen qua boxing ring, and vice-versa.
    • That is, the logic of power is a reified logic to which the prince must, qua prince, ultimately submit.
    • These artists and craftsmen were utterly unselfconscious of what they did qua artists and craftsmen.
    • Indian politicians are, I'll just simply aver, the best in the world, qua politicians-committed-to-winning.

Origin

Latin, ablative feminine singular of qui 'who'.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of qua in US English:

qua

conjunction
formal
  • In the capacity of; as being.

    〈正式〉以…身份(或资格);作为

    he's hard to pin down if you get him on entertainment qua entertainment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By contrast, a judge is not, qua judge, an interpreter of Catholic doctrine.
    • The Irish qua Irish have no more title to self-determination than have the freckled, red-haired or bow-legged.
    • Note, however, that one can to some extent rationally accept s qua a member of G and accept not-s as a private person.
    • The concert hall is the very field of communication qua meaning.
    • Similarly, an analysis of Raging Bull needs to consider the kitchen qua boxing ring, and vice-versa.
    • Denigrate men qua men, though, and you're hip and clever.
    • The problem is in the design of the game qua game.
    • A demand is embedded in the very grain of the voice qua voice irrespective of the meaning it carries.
    • That is, the logic of power is a reified logic to which the prince must, qua prince, ultimately submit.
    • People who bleat on about the ‘artistic’ potential of television qua television are equally deluded.
    • Indian politicians are, I'll just simply aver, the best in the world, qua politicians-committed-to-winning.
    • Supermodels qua supermodels properly belong to the 80s, that Gilded Age that we shall never quite see the likes of again.
    • These artists and craftsmen were utterly unselfconscious of what they did qua artists and craftsmen.
    • As shareholders, qua shareholders, they must be treated equally.
    • Very little is made of Jesus qua male in the canon.

Origin

Latin, ablative feminine singular of qui ‘who’.

随便看

 

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/14 5:03:31