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Aforementioned means “already named earlier in this same piece of writing.” A writer tells you about a rule, a person, or a thing, then later says “the aforementioned rule” instead of repeating the name. It is a paper word. You find it in contracts, school notices, and formal articles. In speech, people just say that one or the one I mentioned. Using it in a chat can sound too stiff, even a little funny — as if you are reading a law. In very formal writing it can also stand alone as a noun: “the aforementioned.” It does not mean famous. It only means “mentioned before.”
前述的;上述的
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
aforementionedadj/əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/
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Previously mentioned.
- It wasn't until later that we realized that the aforementioned caller and this taciturn man were the same person.
- The tombs where they lay, rested, and slept to problem solve amongst one another telepathically were secured to the deck by crisscrossing to center heavy stainless-steel chains’ that encapsulated and encased each of the aforementioned Gods, Goddesses, and Princessian High Priestesses.
aforementionednoun/əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/
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The one or ones mentioned previously.
- The judge read a list of prisoners' names. She then indicated that the aforementioned were to be set free.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。